Read the details from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin.Detail 1: Champollion deciphered the hieroglyphics on several cartouches that were discovered in ancient Egyptian tombs.Detail 2: One cartouche that Champollion deciphered had the name of Alexander the Great.Detail 3: Another cartouche that Champollion deciphered had the name of the famous pharaoh Ramesses.Detail 4: Another cartouche that Champollion deciphered had the name of Kleopatra.The details best support which big picture idea?
Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin.He recognized immediately that the last two hieroglyphs were the same as two in Ramesses and read "mes." They were accompanied by the figure of a bird, an ibis. Champollion knew from reading ancient Greek books that the ibis was the symbol of Thoth, the Egyptian god of learning and magic. He decided the three hieroglyphs must represent the name of Thothmes, the "Child of Thoth," a pharaoh who ruled Egypt from 1501 to 1447 B.C.Based on the excerpt, what detail did Champollion use to conclude that the hieroglyphics represent the pharaoh Thothmes?
Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin.From his studies of Coptic, Champollion knew that the Egyptian word for "sun" was pronounced rah. He wrote down the first two letters of that sound, RA. Next he put a question mark for the unknown middle hieroglyph. Then, at the end, he wrote SS, the sound of the last two hieroglyphs.He studied the combination: RA ? SS. Suddenly he remembered a famous pharaoh whose name appeared in ancient Greek chronicles and also in the Biblical Book of Exodus: Rameses, or Ramesses. Could this be a hieroglyphic representation of Ramesses' name?Based on the excerpt, what detail did Champollion need to conclude that the hieroglyphics might represent Ramesses’s name?
Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin.He began with another cartouche from the same inscription and numbered each of the hieroglyphs in it.Of the nine symbols, Champollion already knew numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8. When he lined up all the numbers and put the corresponding letters beneath them, he got the following arrangement: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A L S E T RImmediately Champollion thought of the one Greek leader whose name might be identified with this particular combination of letters. It was Alexander the Great, spelled "Alexandros" in Greek, and apparently represented as "Alksentrs" in hieroglyphs.Champollion filled in the gaps in the arrangement: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A L K S E N T R SBased on the information in the excerpt, the reader can conclude that
Read the advertisement for employment.Help Wanted: House sitter needed to watch house while owner is out of town. Job requires overnight stays two to three nights a week, some weeks more. Flexibility is required. Experience preferred. Submit references with résumé. Use the details in the advertisement to answer the big-picture question: "Which person would most likely apply for this job?”
Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin.As he thought about the hieroglyphs in Thothmes' and Ramesses' names, Champollion realized their significance. It went far beyond the names themselves and gave him an insight into the entire system of hieroglyphic writing. For the names revealed that hieroglyphs were not simply representations of sounds. Nor did they have an exclusively symbolic meaning, as Thomas Young and other scholars had long believed. Instead, they were a combination of the two.What type of reasoning is shown in the excerpt?
Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.To confirm this hunch, Champollion turned to the writings on the Rosetta Stone. There the unknown sign occurred, again in combination with p, as part of a group of hieroglyphs that correspond to the word "birthday" in the Greek passage. This made Champollion think at once of the Coptic word for "give birth," which was pronounced mes. He put that sound in place of the question mark, and there the name was: Ramesses, "The Child of Ra."Which line in the excerpt shows what Champollion discovered?
Which answer choice shows the most logical reasoning?
Which detail from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin points to the big picture that hieroglyphs can represent sounds?
Which big-picture idea comes logically from these details?1. Oranges contain vitamin C, a nutrient that helps the body fight off germs.2. Carrots contain vitamin A, a nutrient that helps support vision. 3. Avocados contain vitamin E, a nutrient that helps heal damaged skin.
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