Question

Read this thesis statement from a literary analysis.

James Cross Giblin gives clear explanations of the important historical figures in ancient Egyptian history in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.

Which detail from the The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone is the best evidence to support the thesis?

De Sacy, Akerblad, Young, Champollion, and others all made some progress in translating the demotic passage.
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.
Champollion had a chance to resolve this question when a fellow scholar sent him copies of some inscriptions from a temple that had been built long before the time of the Ptolemys.
Champollion succeeded in deciphering a large part of the passage, but the meaning of many hieroglyphs was still unknown when he did his major work in the 1820s.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Thesis claims cannot be made or proposed without any clear evidence which supports the claim. And in doing so, this will provide validity to what claim an author has made.

The thesis statement states that James Cross Giblin gave "clear explanations of the important historical figures in ancient Egyptian history in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone." Now, to support this thesis statement, the evidence of how Champollion found out about the three hieroglyphs that must have represented the name of Thothmes, "the child of Thoth". This statement seems to provide genuine evidence for the argument/ implied claim that Giblin made about the important historical figures in Ancient Egyptian history.