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Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin
Some of these scholars made otherwise significant contributions to the world's knowledge of ancient Egypt. A
Gorman priest of the 1600s, Athanasius Kircher, wrote the first grammar and vocabulary of Coptio, the language of
Christian Egypt. These books were to prove of great value when the hieroglyphs were eventually deciphered.
But Kircher's ideas about the hieroglyphs themselves were even farther of the mark than those of Horapollo.
Looking at a certain group of symbols which actually stood for the name of a pharaoh Kircher let his imagination
run wild. Without any evidence to support him, he said that the hieroglyphs meant "The blessings of the god Osiris
are to be procured by means of sacred ceremonios, in order that the benefits of the river Nile may be obtained
Which sentence from this excerpt contains evidence that supports the claim?
But Kircher's ideas about the hieroglyphs themselves were even farther of the mark than those of Horapollo
A German priest of the 1600s, Athanasius Kircher, wrote the first grammar and vocabulary of Coptio, the language
of Christian Egypt
Looking at a certain group of symbols which actually stood for the name of a pharaoh Kircher let his
imagination run wild
Some of these scholars made otherwise significant contributions to the world's knowledge of ancient Egypt
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