What Is Giblin's Contribution To Decipher The Rosetta Stone?
The Rosetta Stone had been a mystery for years. Greek scholars unsuccessfully attempted to decipher the meaning until it had gone missing. Many had gone looking for the stone, but it was not until Napoleon and his team of scholars had entered Cairo that any progress had been made. With the ongoing war between the French and the British it had taken a while before the treasure was found. The Rosetta Stone was then found in 1799, in Rashid Egypt when Napoleon's army was demolishing a wall. In the nonfiction, The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone, James Cross Giblin successfully illustrates his view on the contributions made to decipher the Rosetta Stone.
Giblin shows his point of view when describing the contributions made by the scholars. For example, Horapollo’s thoughts as described by Giblin …show more content…
For example, Giblin describes Young, “But Young got three out of the seven symbols right, which was a better score than any scholar before him had achieved.” Giblin provides facts about Young’s accomplishments and without an opinion. Yet, Giblin is able to indirectly provides an insight of how he believes Young has made mistakes, but also made great progress. Another example is when Giblin states, “. . . he had laid a solid groundwork for others in their attempts to decipher the hieroglyphs.” Giblin then provides evidence on how scholar, Jean-Francois Champollion, uses Young’s information to further decipher the meaning of the Rosetta Stone. Making it so, the “almost” opinion that states how Giblin believes Young’s work is important is a fact, since it is supported with evidence. Giblin is unbiased when illustrating the contributions made by scholar, Thomas Young.
Giblin shows his view on Champollion by providing the logical thinking and reasoning behind Champollion’s work. For example, he states, “When he lined up all the numbers and put the corresponding letters...
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Giblin shows his point of view when describing the contributions made by the scholars. For example, Horapollo’s thoughts as described by Giblin …show more content…
For example, Giblin describes Young, “But Young got three out of the seven symbols right, which was a better score than any scholar before him had achieved.” Giblin provides facts about Young’s accomplishments and without an opinion. Yet, Giblin is able to indirectly provides an insight of how he believes Young has made mistakes, but also made great progress. Another example is when Giblin states, “. . . he had laid a solid groundwork for others in their attempts to decipher the hieroglyphs.” Giblin then provides evidence on how scholar, Jean-Francois Champollion, uses Young’s information to further decipher the meaning of the Rosetta Stone. Making it so, the “almost” opinion that states how Giblin believes Young’s work is important is a fact, since it is supported with evidence. Giblin is unbiased when illustrating the contributions made by scholar, Thomas Young.
Giblin shows his view on Champollion by providing the logical thinking and reasoning behind Champollion’s work. For example, he states, “When he lined up all the numbers and put the corresponding letters...
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