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。

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。

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。