Comments on: LOST: Egyptian Hieroglyphics

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:44:43 +0000

Hi. Like you I am now expert on hieroglyphics but I did try to learn them once as as far as I remember the symbols represent sounds rather than ideas. For example the vulture is the symbol for the sound “ah” Looking at them like that, do they take on another meaning?

By: Conor

Conor — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:50:15 +0000

sorry that should be at 2.29

By: Conor

Conor — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:48:59 +0000

I just noticed something….go on to youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HvzUyZ74vg

and watch this. it repeats the sequence when locke does not enter the code. at 02.31 the hieroglyohics box is destroyed and the images are bent. however, the final heiroglyphic (while being bent flicks) – i cannot see what it is but it is certainly different from what it was. What could this mean?

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 30 May 2007 10:52:47 +0000

well when i looked at the hyroglythics there is also another meaning to some of the symbols
(sign1)means —saw— as well as —s—
(sign2) means —100—
i cant figure sign 3 or 5 but (sign4) means —father— as well as —a—

By: Jordan

Jordan — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:15:24 +0000

OK in end series 2 the whole DHARMA station implodes, so you might want to forget about the glyphs. BUT>>> the reason why you have to press the button every 108 minutes is because … there was a leak of some sort of electromagnetic fluid and the magnetism builds up and gets unstable after 107.5 minutes and you have to push the button which then discharges the build up of magnetism. BUT IF YOU DON’T PUSH THE BUTTON the computer reads ‘SYSTEM FAILURE’ and the magnetism builds up too much and everything metal starts flying around, knives included, big things get crushed against walls, THE TIMER GETS CRUSHED WITH THE GLYPHS STILL ON IT, and you have to turn this key underneath the computer room reading ‘SYSTEM OVERRIDE’ which destroyes(implodes) the station with Locke and Desmond still tn it.

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 19:02:20 +0000

I doubt the glyphs should be read in any different sequence as the appear on the screen – the final glyph is the determinative for ‘death’ and not read phonetically like the others in this context, but clarifies the meaning of the word (where a word with the same phonetic value might have an entirely diffenent meaning – think ‘post’ – it could mean ‘after’, ‘mail’ or ‘lamp-post’. You would only know what it really means when used in context – Egyptian glyphs don’t need context becuase the determinative does that within the word).

The first and third symbols do mean ‘prosperity’ and ‘health’ – but traditionally are used in a different order (life, health, prosperity) so it’s probably pretty unlikely it means this.

The third symbol is not Anh, it’s wd3 (wed-ja). Really nice idea though! The final symbol is indeed a determinative, but the vulture symbol has phonetic vaue only in Egyptian.

BUT…

The video of that bit shows that the flippy countdown thing goes through loads of glyphs on each of the five sections before stopping. Maybe it’s a random word (and following consequence?!) each time the counter reaches zero!

By: john

john — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 20:32:20 +0000

Did anyone ever consider that maybe it means “live together, die alone”?

By: MidnightStar

MidnightStar — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:51:31 +0000

On spoilerfix.com, there are a whole set of season 3 spoilers. There is one dated 7/22 from Kristin on E!Online. It says; “…Strong implication that an underwater hatch might exist and that it might be explored this season. The producers say the hieroglyphics on the timer translate to ‘underworld’.” Not sure how much truth there is in this, as many of your theories make sense (i.e. the Swan from Fiona), but just thought this was interesting.

By: robert

robert — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:03:53 +0000

if you type lost pedia in to google your will find out EVERYTHING about lost, it says that the hyroglifs mean cause to die, and i cant begin to explain what that means but if u typ in lost pedia everything is explained! over and out!

By: robert

robert — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:26:59 +0000

hey i just watched the video again,,,, the swirl goes anti clockwise