about which we know a great deal more

对于埃及文明我们所了解的就要比
than we know about the Minoans because,

米诺斯文明丰富的多了
as you know, in the nineteenth century,

如你所知在十九世纪
scholars discovered how to read the languages that were written

学者们就破解了古埃及文字和
in Egypt and in Mesopotamia. So, they were able to develop

美索不达米亚的文字因此
something approaching history for the period we're talking about.

他们得以发展出一套方法来解读那段历史
That is not true for Crete because,

不过对于克里特来说不行因为
although they had a script--

虽然他们的确有一些手稿存世...
and we have available to us tablets with those writings on them--

我们能够看到这些写着字的残片
to this day

不过直到今天
no one has deciphered the language written by the Minoans.

没有一个人能破译米诺斯文明的文字
Therefore, we don't have that kind of knowledge.

因此我们就无法和拥有那些信息