It wasn't anything like as easy for the ancient Egyptians with their hieroglyphs.

古埃及人的象形文字可没有这么简单。

They gained immortality in frescos, hieroglyphs, statues, and even tombs, mummified alongside their owners.

它们被塑造成不朽的壁画、象形文字、雕像、甚至还有墓地，和他们的主人一起成为木乃伊。

This meant that the Egyptians had thousands of different hieroglyphs representing all sorts of things.

这就意味着埃及人有成千上万个不同的象形文字，代表各种事物。

After a time, he recognized that the hieroglyphs were symbols for the sound of the Egyptian language.

一段时间之后，他意识到象形文字是埃及语言发音的象征。

And the oldest of these three is the Naxi languag written in a beautiful script of ancient hieroglyphs.

而在这三种文字以内，最古老的就是纳西语，用精美的古代象形文字书写。

We've already talked about a sandal label of an Egyptian pharaoh that had early writing on it, in hieroglyphs.

我们已经谈到埃及法老早期以象形文字做成的凉鞋标签。

Just like emojis and hieroglyphs in ancient Egypt, Chinese doesn't use an alphabet based on sounds, but symbols denoting meaning.

就像表情符号和古埃及的象形文字一样，汉语不使用基于声音的字母表，而是使用表示意义的符号。

However, the inscriptions were not in hieroglyphs, but in a totally different script that was, if anything, even harder to decipher.

但它不是象形文字，而是另一种文字，这种文字几乎更难辨认。

It was covered in unusual hieroglyphs and symbols.

它被不寻常的象形文字和符号所覆盖。

You can see it written out here, in hieroglyphs.

你可以看到它在这里用象形文字写出来。

Did not an immortal physicist and interpreter of hieroglyphs write detestable verses?

难道一位不朽的物理学家和象形文字的解释者没有写过可恶的诗句吗？

His had about one thousand different symbols called " hieroglyphs."

他有大约一千种不同的符号， 称为“象形文字” 。

He liked to show his knowledge on hieroglyphs and hexagon high polymer theory.

他喜欢显示他象形文字方面的知识和六边形高分子理论。

Many hieroglyphs look more like pictures than letters.

许多象形文字看起来更像是图片而不是字母。

On each of the discs appears to be tiny hieroglyph markings.

在每个圆盘上似乎都有微小的象形文字标记。

That hieroglyph was transcribed by a Semite in the Sinai into the letter aleph.

该象形文字被西奈半岛的一名闪米特人转录为字母 aleph。

In 1801 the race was on between Egyptologists in Britain and France to be the first to translate the entire system of hieroglyphs.

1801年，英国和法国的埃及古物学者展开了一场竞赛，看谁最先翻译出整个象形文字系统。

The squiggly picture writing—hieroglyphs—was a mystery to everyone.

波浪形的图画文字——象形文字——对每个人来说都是一个谜。

After the ancient empire of Egypt came to an end, the meaning of hieroglyphs was lost for many centuries.

古埃及帝国结束后，象形文字的意义消失了多个世纪。

They all had Tut's name on them in hieroglyphs.

他们都用象形文字写着图坦卡蒙的名字。