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

当考学家翻译这些象形文字时，为什么有两具棺材的谜团就相对容易地解开了。

Some used a form of picture writing called hieroglyphics.

一些族群使用图形进行称作象形文字。

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

医的处方笔记看起来像天，或的象形文字。

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，这种字母表完整的语言或想法的一张图片。

Was it not so, O Don Miguel! thou Chilian whale, marked like an old tortoise with mystic hieroglyphics upon the back!

唐.米格尔呵! 你这智利的大鲸呀! 背上象一只乌龟似的刻了神秘的象形文字!

An immediate interest kindled within me for the unknown Catherine, and I began forthwith to decipher her faded hieroglyphics.

我对于这位素昧平的凯瑟琳顿时发兴趣，我便开始辨认她那已褪色的难认的怪字了。