Some used a form of picture writing called hieroglyphics.

一些族群使用图形进行书写被称作形文字。

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

古埃及人的形文字可没有这么简单。

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

他的外套上的精细刺绣可以当作形文字阅读。

The Mayans had a system of 800 glyphs.

玛雅人有800形文字系统。

The deer glyph came from the same Las Pinturas pyramid.

鹿的形文字来自同一皮图金字塔。

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

事实上，形文字是世界上古老的书写形式之一。

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

至今，全球各地只有大概形文字还存在着。

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

医生的处方笔记看起来像天书，或是古代的形文字。

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

其下方的形文字则可能记录的是1066年哈雷彗星经过地球的景。

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不同的形文字，代表各事物。

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形文字做成的凉鞋标签。

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

“emoji”实际上是日语词汇“絵文字”，意为“图案文字”或“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，他意识到形文字是埃及语言发音的征。

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

形文字系统的革新以及孟菲市作为新的权力中心的出现。

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、形文字、雕像、甚至还有墓地，和他们的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形文字时，为什么有两具棺材的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.

而在这文字以内，古老的就是纳西语，用精美的古代形文字书写。

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

它们不是图画，它们是形文字--或" 神圣的符号" --古埃及人的书写形式。

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

古埃及人甚至有一形文字符号代表陨铁，字面意思是“来自天空的金属”。

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

在像形文字中，（如“田”字，代表农场）是用简单的线条来勾勒某物的形状。