Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, by James Cross Giblin. Then, in 1887, yet another copy of the [Rosetta St
one]—this one almost intact—was unearthed in the ruins of a temple in Lower Egypt. Now, for the first time, scholars had a version of the hieroglyphic text that they could compare line-for-line with the Greek and demotic versions. New translations of the hieroglyphic text were made in France and Germany, and an excellent English one appeared in 1904. A few sections still remain unclear, though. The central idea of this excerpt is that a greater understanding of the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone became possible because it was translated into English. present-day experts came up with a new theory. a Greek version was discovered. an almost complete copy was discovered.
According to the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, by James Cross Giblin, there was another copy of the Rosetta Stone discovered in 1887 in Egypt and scholars could use this copy to compare with other older versions.
Therefore, the central idea of this excerpt is that an almost complete copy was discovered.
Good manners convey respect to those you interact with, and also commands respect from those you interact with. Right conduct is living in a moral and ethical way in the absolute sense rather than by the standards of any particular time or society nation
