When it came to the exam, the four graduate students of both sexes suddenly became excited, because they were not the ones who were tested, they were very happy to watch the excitement, He He also urged: "Teacher Luo, don't release the water!"

Wei Kang was worried that Mr. Luo would make the question too difficult for Zhang Zi'an to come to the stage, and he also hoped that Zhang Zi'an could answer it correctly, which would be tantamount to adding wings to this trip to Egypt.

Teacher Luo smiled without saying a word, flipped through the book he brought, and finally stayed on one of the pages, pushed it in front of Zhang Zi'an, and said, "What does this picture mean?"

Not only Zhang Zi'an, but also other people, including Wei Kang, also gathered around and watched with their necks bent.

Wei Kang gasped and exclaimed, "This ...... It's Egyptian hieroglyphs!"

That's right, this page of the book is a series of pictures, each of which is full of Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Mr. Luo points to a picture in the upper right corner.

Teacher Luo nodded, "When it comes to ancient Egypt, we have to talk about the words and language of ancient Egypt. Writing and language are the foundation of all civilizations, and if you can understand the language of ancient Egypt, even if it is only a little bit of it, you will not need to say much about other aspects. ”

"This ...... Isn't this a little too difficult......" Wei Kang glanced at Zhang Zi'an uneasily.

Teacher Luo also looked at Zhang Zi'an, "What do you think, if you find it a little difficult, I can change it to another topic." ”

Zhang Zi'an stared at the picture intently.

First of all, the hieroglyphs in this picture are all framed, the frame is oval, and the bottom has a symmetrical base, which looks like an elongated vanity mirror.

Inside the frame, at the top is a right-angled triangle with a beveled edge that twists like a staircase.

Underneath the triangle is a crouching animal with a head, tail, and limbs, which looks like a lioness.

Underneath the lioness, there is an inverted U-shape, with a circle attached to one end of the opening, some of which resemble a fish hook.

Other symbols, such as two birds, dagger-shaped feathers, squares, semicircles, and several symbols that are difficult to describe.

The four students guessed wildly, guessing everything, and He He could get compliments from Gao Ke and Xiao Tianyu every time he guessed.

"How? Do you know what this picture means?"

After a moment, Teacher Luo asked with a smile.

"If I'm not mistaken...... Zhang Zi'an replied confidently, "This picture is from the Rosetta Stone, which means - Cleopatra." ”

"Cleopatra?" repeated Hoho, "how do I hear that name...... Ah, is it Cleopatra?"

"No, the one on the stele is Cleopatra I, and Cleopatra is VII, which is far from the same. Zhang Zi'an corrected her unceremoniously again.

Seeing that Zhang Zi'an answered so firmly, Wei Kang couldn't help but be both happy and nervous in his heart, and asked Teacher Luo's opinion with his eyes.

Teacher Luo was also surprised, "Have you seen the Rosetta Stone, or have you studied ancient Egyptian writing?"

"Well...... I had a friend who was interested in Egyptian writing, and I learned some from him. Zhang Zi'an replied vaguely.

"Oh, what else do you know about ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs?" asked Mr. Luo. He couldn't believe that an ordinary person could know obscure hieroglyphs.

Zhang Zi'an thought for a while, pointed to the picture and said: "The hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt are a combination of phonetics and ideographs, the phonetics in the front and the ideograms in the back; when writing, you can write from left to right, from right to left, or from top to bottom, or even from the middle to the left, usually according to which side the face of the person or animal in the text is facing; a sentence is usually a predicate and object structure, which is just the opposite of the Japanese subject-object predicate structure, which is quite anti-human. ”

Don't ask him how he learned Japanese, it's fun to ask.

Wei Kang and his four students were so confused that they couldn't judge right or wrong at all, but seeing that Zhang Zi'an looked calm, it was estimated that he was not blind.

Teacher Luo closed the book and said with a smile: "Okay, I can leave class early, I wish you all the best in this scientific expedition! Also, remember to bring local souvenirs back!"

As he spoke, he ignored Wei Kang's retention, waved goodbye, and left Wei Kang's office easily.

His actions speak for themselves.

"Xiao Zhang, when did you learn ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs?" Wei Kang couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, grabbed Zhang Zi'an's arm and asked.

Zhang Zi'an quietly broke free of his arm and said lightly: "I can't talk about 'learning' at all, I really only know a little bit about it." Ever since I knew that I was going to go to Egypt with the expedition team, I thought that I would be idle anyway, and you also knew that my shop had no business, so I used my spare time to read some books about ancient Egypt......"

"Look at other people, they have already walked out of school, but they don't forget to use all their free time to study, this is to live to learn from all the time! You should learn more from others! Alas!"

Wei Kang was overjoyed, but he didn't forget to take the opportunity to teach the four disciples a lesson, especially Gao Ke, who was the most useless in learning.

Gao Ke smiled helplessly at Zhang Zi'an, and hid behind Xiao Tianyu's broad body, avoiding the mentor's stinging gaze.

In fact, Zhang Zi'an's understanding of glyphs is only just getting started, and in the eyes of connoisseurs, he is not even a beginner, he does use his spare time to learn ancient Egyptian characters and languages, because there is a ready-made teacher in the store, but this teacher's temper is not very good, and if he misreads or admits his mistakes, he will attract a roll of eyes and disdain.

The first thing Fina taught him was the name Cleopatra, including pronunciation and writing, so he recognized the name on Mr. Luo's picture at a glance, and pretended to be a little embarrassed.

No matter how much he explained that he was just a rough one, Wei Kang decided that it was just a modest statement.

The four graduate students were also impressed by him, except for Du Xuetao, who really liked to study, the other three just wanted to get a graduate diploma to find a job, although they didn't say anything, but they all added confidence to this trip to Egypt.

Even He He is the same, she touched a few nails in a row, and felt that it would not please her to continue to find faults, but to damage her image.

Respect earned by strength is convincing.

It's a good thing that they have confidence, and Zhang Zi'an simply acquiesced when he saw this, and didn't say anything more. Anyway, after arriving in Egypt, if you really encounter problems involving ancient Egyptian writing, language, customs and knowledge, you can naturally consult Fina, which is a living dictionary and encyclopedia of ancient Egypt, and there is no one in the world to compare.