A Native American symbol with the same meaning can be seen on the artwork for the the Geronimo Jackson single Dharma Lady. The Gods were often depicted conferring that life to mummies, thereby giving the deceased eternal life. (" LaFleur") Egyptian Gods are often depicted as carrying the ankh by its loop, or holding one in each hand, crossing their chest. (" The Incident, Part 1") (" Ab Aeterno") Taweret was holding an ankh, which represents eternal life, in each hand. ( LaFleur-Enhanced transcript) The Statue was also shown in 1867. In an unknown ancient time period, Sawyer, Jin, Juliet, and Miles saw a statue of Taweret, the precursor to the four-toed statue that had been seen before, but only from quite a distance.
Unlike the image from the Season 4 DVD extra, the actual door appears to have the aforementioned hieroglyphs plus V18 (amulet), which translates as "protection", reinforcing the interpretation of the second line. Roughly translated, then, they appear to read "to summon protection.".
Unlike most other hieroglyphs on the island, these appear to read right to left.Īa27-W24:D36 (Unknown, Pot, Arm) translates as "protection", and determinately symbol A24 (Man With Weapon) may function, in this case, the same way as symbol D36 (Arm). The second line corresponds to symbols A24 W24 and Aa27 (Man With Weapon, Pot, Unknown). The first line corresponds to the symbols A26 S29 M17 and N35 (Man With Out-stretched Arm, Folded Cloth, Blooming Reed, Water). In the Season 4 DVD extra "Mysterious Egyptian Influences", it is conjectured that the hieroglyphs translate as "grief". Hidden hieroglyphs during the failure sequence 3 Rachel BlakeĪ secret door in Ben's house in the Barracks was marked with hieroglyphs. Various hieroglyphs on the Countdown timer, as shown in the three images to the right, were shown only during the failure sequence. Hidden hieroglyphs during the failure sequence 2Īt Comic Con 2006, producer Damon Lindelof translated the countdown timer sequence to mean "underworld", which is now considered the official translation, though Carlton Cuse noted that they are "subject to interpretation". Faulkner's A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, translates a virtually identical sequence (below), substituting only U29 for U28, as "die". These hieroglyphs, known as "folded cloth", "curl", "fire drill", "vulture" and "stick", correspond to symbols S29, Z7, U29, G1, Z6 from Gardiner's Sign List. Damon Lindelof stated that the Dharma Initiative included the hieroglyphs as an homage to the historical occupants of the island. The same hieroglyph sequence can be found on the Ajira Airways boarding pass, and in Rachel Blake's blog. The first hieroglyph sequence to have been shown on Lost was displayed by the countdown timer in the Swan.