# The scripts run side by side for most of their history rather than one replacing the other, and the Archanes seals are…

> The scripts run side by side for most of their history rather than one replacing the other, and the Archanes seals are no longer counted as early Linear A.

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Evidence · Cretan Hieroglyphic

# The scripts run side by side for most of their history rather than one replacing the other, and the Archanes seals are…

The scripts run side by side for most of their history rather than one replacing the other, and the Archanes seals are no longer counted as early Linear A.

Suggestive0

## What it means

Key question[How is Cretan Hieroglyphic related to Linear A: parent, sister, or neither?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/questions/QST0DEDWYGYVMBZ/how-is-cretan-hieroglyphic-related-to-linear-a-parent-sister)

2 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[Linear A developed from Cretan Hieroglyphic by simplification of its signs.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/answers/ANS0DEE9QJ48YR0/linear-a-developed-from-cretan-hieroglyphic-by)

Counts againstnone for, 1 against

**Still possible** was No evidence yet

## Sources 3

[Cretan Hieroglyphic: The Earliest Script on Crete. Semiotics, Linguistics, Archaeology and Palaeography](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDGNWHJN54/cretan-hieroglyphic-the-earliest-script-on-crete-semiotics)

Civitillo et al. 2024

SRC

[Cretan Writing in the Second Millennium B.C.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJFSH64K1/cretan-writing-in-the-second-millennium-b-c)

Olivier 1986

SRC

[Cretan hieroglyphs (Wikipedia article)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK86XR502/cretan-hieroglyphs-wikipedia-article)

contributors 2026

SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The scripts run side by side for most of their history rather than one replacing the other, and the Archanes seals are… [Evidence EVD0DEEBEMTE79N]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEBEMTE79N
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**EVD** 0DEEBEMTE79N

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[Session 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/sessions/SES0DEECGMX10RS/session-1-cretan-hieroglyphic-seeded-corpus-readings-and) · 31 Oct 2026

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