Use the drop-down menus to indicate when evidence better supports each point. Point: No researcher was able to decipher the hieroglyphs.
A- “As the 1700s came to an end, there meaning was as much of a mystery ever.”
B- “Some of these scholars made otherwise significant contributions. . . .”

Point: Giblin uses strong language to make his opinions clear.
A- “De Guignes advanced other ideas . . . that were as silly as any . . . by Kircher or Horapollo.”
B- “To confirm this hunch, champ Polian return to the writings on the Rosetta Stone.”

Point: Giblin uses background information to help us get to know the researchers in this story.
A- “ Napoleon‘s main goal was to occupy Egypt and then attack British-held India.”
B- “ Champollion . . . started studying middle eastern languages at the age of 10.”