CAs he thought about the hieroglyphs in Thothmes' and Ramesses' names, Champollion realized their significance. It went far beyo
nd 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. —The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone,
James Cross Giblin
Which line from the passage shows the big-picture conclusion?
“hieroglyphs in Thothmes’ and Ramesses’ names”
“Nor did they have an exclusively symbolic meaning”
“they were a combination of the two”
“hieroglyphs were not simply representations of sounds”
The poet compared imagination to a soaring bird because imagination is limitless, it can do anything and go anywhere, much like a soaring bird, who has the freedom and capabilites to do anything. Both are completely free of bounds.
