Answer:
The option that shows how the author makes a connection between Egyptian gargoyles and those from the Middle Ages is:
D.) She details how both ancient Egyptian gargoyles and gargoyles made during the Middle Ages blended human and animal elements.
Explanation:
In the excerpt we are studying here, the author explains the origin of gargoyles as well as their function. When it comes to drawing a connection between Egyptian and Middle Age gargoyles, the author begins by saying that, in Egypt, gargoyles depicted a creature that was half-man, half-beast -- a lion, more specifically. Then, the author proceeds until the same information is provided about the gargoyles of the Middle Ages. They too depicted creatures that were half-man, half-beast. The author makes a point of making the comparison clear:
During the Middle Ages, gargoyles became even more grotesque in appearance. [...] <u>Like their historical counterparts in ancient Egypt, many medieval gargoyles were of creatures not of this world. Half-man and half-beast,</u> they sat on the edges of buildings or projected forward out over the edges of structures.
