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。

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

象形文字系统的革新以及孟菲斯市作为新的权力中心的出现。

Not the profile typical of hieroglyphics but a straight-on head shot.

不是象形文字的典型轮廓, 而是直接的头部射击。

This hieroglyphic text translates to “Half as Interesting, ” but not literally.

这个象形文字的文本翻译成“一半有趣” ，但不是字面意思。

Over the entrances of many ancient Egyptian tombs were warnings in hieroglyphs.

在许多埃及墓穴的入口处， 都有象形文字的警告。

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

难道一位不朽的理学家和象形文字的解释者没有写过可恶的诗句吗？

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

埃及帝国结束后，象形文字的意义消失了多个世纪。

Starting around 1700 B.C., though, Semites familiar with Egyptian hieroglyphs did begin to experiment with that logical step.

然而，从公元前 1700 年左右开始，熟悉埃及象形文字的闪米特人确实开始尝试这一合乎逻辑的步骤。

The ancient Egyptians wrote using a kind of alphabet called hieroglyphics, which were single pictures that represented entire words or ideas.

埃及人使用一种叫做象形文字的字母进行书写，这种字母是代表完整的语言或想法的一张图片。

The hieroglyphic code was finally cracked by Jean-Fran? ois Champollion – a prodigy or young person with a great natural talent.

这个象形文字的密码最终被让-弗朗索瓦·商解了，他是一个奇才或天赋异禀的年轻人。

I learned to navigate in two days -- and this is someone who hates numbers and sees them as hieroglyphics.

我在两天内学会了导航——这是一个讨厌数字并将它们视为象形文字的人。

The meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphs remained a mystery until 1799 when Napoleon's soldiers unearthed a dark, damaged rock in the Egyptian coastal town of Rosetta.

埃及象形文字的含义直到1799年一直是一个谜，拿仑的士兵在埃及海岸城镇罗塞塔挖掘出一块黑色的损岩石。

Early alphabets that used such shapes allowed more people to read, and let them read faster, eventually replacing cumbersome pictographic writing systems like Egyptian hieroglyphics.

使用这种形状的早期字母让更多的人能够阅读，让他们阅读得更快，最终取代了像埃及象形文字这样繁琐的象形文字系统。

Hieroglyphic writing appeared rather suddenly, in nearly full-blown form, around 3000 B.C.Egypt lay only 800 miles west of Sumer, with which Egypt had trade contacts.

公元前 3000 年左右，象形文字的出现相当突然，几乎已经成熟。埃及位于苏美尔以西仅 800 英里处，埃及与苏美尔有贸易往来。

By the time of the Rosetta Stone, 196 BC, hieroglyphs were no longer in general use, they were used and understood only by the priests in the temples.

在罗塞塔石碑制作的时期，象形文字的使用已大幅减少，只有神庙里的祭司才会用。

In the end, it was a young Frenchman named Jean-Fran? ois Champollion who became the first person to understand hieroglyphs since the ancient Egyptians themselves, nearly two thousand years earlier.

最终，一位名叫让-弗朗索瓦·商的年轻法国人成为了自近两千年前埃及人以来第一个了解象形文字的人。

I have ransacked many mysteries, I have discovered the reason of many natural laws, the purport of some divine hieroglyphics; of the meaning of this dark secret I know nothing.

我探索过许多谜团， 发现了许多自然法则的原因， 发现了一些神圣象形文字的要旨； 我对这个黑暗秘密的意义一无所知。

Some were transformed into Christian  churches, while others were simply abandoned, left to be buried by  the sands of time. And with their demise, the knowledge of the hieroglyphic  writing system was lost to all.

有些被改造成基督教教堂， 而另一些则被遗弃，被时间的沙子掩埋。 随着他们的消亡，象形文字书写系统的知识也随之消失。

The species' scientific name 'hieroglyphica' refers to the striking geometric lines and shapes on its fore wings, while its common name was inspired by the blotches, strips, and dots of color that hint at the work of a talented painter.

该种的学名“象形文字”指的是它前翼上引人注目的几何线条和形状，而它的通用名称则是受暗示天才画家作品的斑点、条纹和色点的启发。