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。

A French scholar, Jean-Francois Champollion, then realised that not only the symbols for Ptolemy but all the hieroglyphs were both pictorial 'and' phonetic they recorded the 'sound' of the Egyptian language.

法国学者让弗朗索瓦商博良其后发现，所有的象形文字都是既象形又表音的。这种文字也记录下了埃及语的发音。

Culture and administration quickly became  Romanized, and the Egyptian language and writing were falling out of use - step by  step. When Christianity arrived in this land, its adherents were unwilling to  compete with the native Egyptian faith.

文化和行政很快被罗马化，埃及的语言和文字逐渐被淘汰。当基督教来到这片土地时，其信徒不愿与埃及本土信仰竞争。