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做成凉鞋标签。

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

象形系统革新以及孟菲斯市作为新权力中心出现。

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

不是象形典型轮廓, 而是直接头部射击。

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

这个象形本翻译成“半有趣” ，但不是面意思。

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

在许多埃及墓穴入口处， 都有象形警告。

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

难道位不朽物理学家和象形解释者没有写过可恶诗句吗？

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，熟悉埃及象形闪米特人确实开始尝试这合乎逻辑步骤。

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

埃及人种叫做象形母进行书写，这种母是代表完整语言或想法张图片。

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

这个象形密码最终被让-弗朗索瓦·商博良破解了，他是个奇才或天赋异禀年轻人。

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——这是个讨厌数并将它们视为象形人。

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.

埃及象形含义直到1799年直是个谜，拿破仑士兵在埃及海岸城镇罗塞塔挖掘出块黑色破损岩石。

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.

这种形状早期母让更多人能够阅读，让他们阅读得更快，最终取代了像埃及象形这样繁琐象形系统。

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.

在罗塞塔石碑制作时期，象形已大幅减少，只有神庙里祭司才会。

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，位名叫让-弗朗索瓦·商博良年轻法国人成为了自近两千年前埃及人以来第个了解象形人。

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原因， 发现了些神圣象形要旨； 我对这个黑暗秘密意义无所知。

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， 而另些则被遗弃，被时间沙子掩埋。 随着他们消亡，象形书写系统知识也随之消失。

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.

该物种学名“象形”指是它前翼上引人注目几何线条和形状，而它通名称则是受暗示天才画家作品斑点、条纹和色点启发。