Question

read the excerpt from the riddle of the rosetta stone by james cross giblin. he recognized immediately that the last two hieroglyphs were the same as two in ramesses and read mes. they were accompanied by the figure of a bird, an ibis. champollion knew from reading ancient greek books that the ibis was the symbol of thoth, the egyptian god of learning and magic. he decided the three hieroglyphs must represent the name of thothmes, the child of thoth, a pharaoh who ruled egypt from 1501 to 1447 b.c. based on the excerpt, what detail did champollion use to conclude that the hieroglyphics represent the pharaoh thothmes? the title of thoth as the god of learning and magic the dates that thothmes ruled egypt the symbolic meaning of the ibis the ancient greek language

Explanation:

The text mentions that the ibis was accompanied by hieroglyphs and that Champollion knew the ibis was the symbol of Thoth. He then connected this to Thothmes being the "Child of Thoth" based on the symbolic meaning of the ibis. The dates Thothmes ruled (1501 - 1447 B.C.) are just additional information about Thothmes, not the detail used to conclude the hieroglyphs represented him. The title of Thoth as the god of learning and magic is part of the context of the ibis symbol. The ancient Greek books provided knowledge about the ibis symbol, but the key detail is the symbolic meaning of the ibis itself.

Answer:

the symbolic meaning of the ibis