Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin.All his years of painstaking and often frustrating attempts at deciphering had been rewarded. "I am going to do it," he had said as a boy when the mathematician Fourier showed him a copy of the Rosetta Stone. Now he had succeeded.Based on details in the excerpt, the reader can conclude that Champollion mostly felt about his accomplishment
Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin.The middle hieroglyph was unknown to him, but he guessed that the two at the left symbolized the sun.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?The details in the excerpt point to which big-picture idea?
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.
Read the paragraph.Many kids do not like to exercise. They do not realize that it is for their own good. Exercise is good for the body. There are many types of exercise activities to choose from. An activity such as running increases circulation. Lifting weights builds muscle and strengthens bones. Playing a sport such as basketball can improve coordination. So pick an activity and get your exercise!What is the big picture idea in the paragraph?
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?
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?
Which answer choice shows the most logical reasoning?
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 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?
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