Read the details from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin. Detail 1: Champollion deciphered the hieroglyphics on several cartouches that were discovered in ancient Egyptian
tombs.
Detail 2: One cartouche that Champollion deciphered had the name of Alexander the Great.
Detail 3: Another cartouche that Champollion deciphered had the name of the famous pharaoh Ramesses.
Detail 4: Another cartouche that Champollion deciphered had the name of Kleopatra.
The details best support which big picture idea?
Cartouches from ancient Egyptian tombs commonly contained the name of a famous leader.
Ancient Egyptian tombs commonly contained the treasures of famous leaders.
Hieroglyphics are symbols as well as representations of sounds.
Deciphering hieroglyphic text took the work of several dedicated scholars.

Which excerpt from the war of the worldseffectively reveals how the author relates the climax of the narrative through the narrator's thoughts? the war of the worldsall this had happened with such swiftness that i had stood motionless, dumbfounded and dazzled by the flashes of light. had that death swept through a full circle, it must inevitably have slain me in my surprise. but it passed and spared me, and left the night about me suddenly dark and unfamiliar.and then, with a renewed horror, i saw a round, black object bobbing up and down on the edge of the pit. it was the head of the shopman who had fallen in, but showing as a little black object against the hot western sun.at that time it was quite clear in my own mind that the thing had come from the planet mars, but i judged it improbable that it contained any living creature. i thought the unscrewing might be automatic.my mind ran fancifully on the possibilities of its containing manuscript, on the difficulties in translation that might arise, whether we should find coins and models in it, and so forth. yet it was a little too large for assurance on this idea. i felt an impatience to see it opened.