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Cracking the Code Solving the Mystery of the Indus Script Directions:First,workwithyourpartnertotrytosolethepuzzlesandriddlesbelow.Then,asaclass,wewillwatchaTEDTalkbyRajeshRaoonhisattemptstodeciphertheIndusscript.Onthebackofthissheet,take“college-style”notes,jottingdownimportant
informationandthekeypointsofyourunderstanding,aswellasanyquestionsyoumayhave.
1. Examinethefigureinthesculpturetotheleft.Thisworkof
artwasexcavatedfromtheInduscityofMohenjoDaro.Whodoyouthinkthispersonwas?Whatcluesmightleadyoutoyourconclusion?
2. Examinetheseriesofimagestotheright.ThesetypesofartifactsaresomeofthemostcommonlydiscoveredremainsofIndussociety.Howbigdoyouthinktheyareinreallife?
3. Takeacloserlookattheitemsontheright,especiallythelasttwo,andfocusonthewriting.Asyouknow,theIndusscripthasneverbeendeciphered,butusingyouranalyticalskills,seeifyoucanatleastfigureoutthedirectionalityofthescript.Inotherwords,didtheywriterighttoleftorlefttoright?Explainyourreasoning.
4. Inthespacebelow,IhavestartedwritinganEnglishword.Don’ttrytofigureoutwhatthewordis.Justtrytopredicteachletter,oneletteratatime.Youmustgofromlefttoright.
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5. Examinethefollowingfourlines.CircletheonesthatareEnglish.PutaboxaroundtheonesthatareArabic.
Ezzayyak?Howareyou?
6. Translatethefollowingimagesintoasentence.
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