Some used a form of picture writing called hieroglyphics.

一些族群使用图形进行书写被称作象形文字。

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

古埃及人象形文字可没有这么简单。

The minutely detailed embroidery on his jacket can be read just like hieroglyphics.

他外套上细刺绣可以当作象形文字阅读。

The Mayans had a system of 800 glyphs.

玛雅人有800个象形文字系统。

The deer glyph came from the same Las Pinturas pyramid.

鹿象形文字来自同一个拉斯皮图拉斯金字塔。

In fact, it is one of the oldest forms of writing in the world.

事实上，象形文字世界上古老书写形式之一。

There are estimated to be only 3 pictographic languages still in use in the world today.

至今，全球各地只有大概三种象形文字还存在着。

Doctors are famous for writing prescriptions that look like gobbledygook or ancient hieroglyphics.

医生处方笔记看起来像天书，或古代象形文字。

Below that, a pictograph may mark the sighting of Hailey's Comet in 1066.

其下方象形文字则可能记录1066哈雷彗星经过地球景象。

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象形文字，代表各种事物。

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凉鞋标签。

Emoji is actually a Japanese word that means " pictogram" or " pictograph."

“emoji”实际上日语词汇“絵文字”，意为“图案文字”或“象形文字”。

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

一段时间之后，他意识到象形文字埃及语言发音象征。

The innovation of the hieroglyphic writing system and the emergence of Memphis as the new seat of power.

象形文字系统革新以及孟菲斯市作为新权力中心出现。

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

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

The mystery of why there were two coffins was solved relatively easily when archaeologists translated the hieroglyphics.

当考古学家翻译这些象形文字时，为什么有两具棺材谜团就相对容易地解开了。

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，古老就纳西语，用美古代象形文字书写。

They aren't pictures, they are hieroglyphs - or 'sacred signs' - the Egyptian form of writing.

它们不图画，它们象形文字--或" 神圣符号" --古埃及人书写形式。

Ancient Egyptians even had a hieroglyphic symbol for meteoric iron, which translates literally to " metal of the sky."

古埃及人甚至有一个象形文字符号代表陨铁，字面意思“来自天空金属”。

In pictograph characters like “Tian”, meaning farm, simple lines were used to outline the shape of something.

在像象形文字中，（如“田”字，代表农场）用简单线条来勾勒某物形状。