Read this excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin. Champollion spent almost a year and a half in Egyp
t. On his return home to Paris, he began the huge job of deciphering and organizing all the material he had gathered. Sad to say, he did not live to see the fruits of his labor. On March 4, 1832, while preparing the results of the expedition for publication, he collapsed and died after a series of strokes. He was only forty-one. Based on the excerpt, what was the effect of Champollion’s visit to Egypt? A. Champollion died at the age of forty-one. B. Champollion returned to Paris. C. Champollion published a book. D. Champollion gathered more knowledge.
The Magna Carta exercised a strong influence both on the United States Constitution and on the constitutions of the various states. However, its influence was shaped by what eighteenth-century Americans believed Magna Carta to signify.
