Decoding Lego Hieroglyphics

[WesternOutlaw]

Neat. So the one left out of 5978 is this one:

C...H....N...U...M

CHNWM

???

Actually, it's more like K H N U M = Khnum, Egyptian God of Creation (also known as Khnemu or Khem).

Very good. Thanks for sharing. I don't own this set so didn't bother translating.

[SlyOwl]

There's these 2 heiroglyphs I discovered, on a coffin and in Secret Of the Sphynx...

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/slyowl/Logos/heiro.bmp

*sweet*

Edited October 16, 2007 by Cap'n SlyOwl

[oo7]

Ah, I'm glad this topic was brought back up to the main page. I don't think there's enough evidence to decipher Lego Viking ruins as Athos has pointed out in the past, but I have discovered that one can figure out the meaning behind the Chinese characters on the green robe of Orient Expedition's Jing Lee.

The second symbol literally means "middle" and the first does not have an exact literal translation, but is closest to the concept "Chinese Culture". Together, the two characters form the word Zhongwen and read something like "Middle Nation of China" which is close to the English name often given to China, "The Middle Kingdom". Additionally, 'Zhongwen' is also used to refer to the Chinese language.

There's these 2 heiroglyphs I discovered, on a coffin and in Secret Of the Sphynx...

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/slyowl/Logos/heiro.bmp

*sweet*

The first one is just a picture of an ankh and the second one is very difficult to make out........Perhaps Bricklink has a better picture?

[Athos]

I have discovered that one can figure out the meaning behind the Chinese characters on the green robe of Orient Expedition's Jing Lee.

The second symbol literally means "middle" and the first does not have an exact literal translation, but is closest to the concept "Chinese Culture". Together, the two characters form the word Zhongwen and read something like "Middle Nation of China" which is close to the English name often given to China, "The Middle Kingdom".

I know I've come across the translation somewhere before. I think the second symbol is "China" (the middle kingdom).

Steve

[Wolfpack]

Any experts that know the exact meaning?

First sory for bringing up an old theme, but i've been exploring my anubis temple paintings and i found out, that on all 4 wall elements, there are the same hiegoglyphs:

1. NJLS?

2. HAINRK?

3. SISSA?

4. GAIR?

Edited February 19, 2008 by Wolfpack

[simonwillems]

This is a really nice topic that I did not see before!

I remember buying set 5919/3722 Treasure Tomb the year it came out. It came with a large plastic mummy and a treasure map. This was part of some sort of contest in which you could win the largest set in the Adventurers theme, the forbidden ruins.

The map showed Egypt and by solving Lego hieroglyphs one could make some sort of journey on the map to a certain dam in the river Nile. When the dam was discovered the answer to the question of the contest had been found.

The map also had an index of the hieroglyphs used in the Adventurers sets

It was very entertaining back then, and I will see where I have stored that map....

[WesternOutlaw]

It was very entertaining back then, and I will see where I have stored that map....

Sounds neat. Please share an image or scan if you are able to find it.

[Shoc]

I tried to decode the Indiana Jones glyphs a few weeks ago but all I got was a load of nonsense.

Mind you, Horrible Histories may not be the most reliable source.

I can't find my two hieroglyph books sadly. Oh well.

*skull*

[Athos]

TheBohrok at classic-castle reports that the glyphs on this piece spell Lego.

Steve

[MoonCheese]

That's interesting, I never knew the hieroglyphs really spelled something. Although I think the actual Egyptians had a "TH" symbol rather than using a T and an H. The practice of using the letters TH for that particular sound started in Latin to transliterate the Greek theta, then it was used in English centuries later. Old English, when written in the Futhark alphabet, had a separate rune for "th".