Question

Read this excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin.

Between the time Champollion's books appeared and the end of the nineteenth century, thousands of rolls of papyrus and copies of temple and tomb inscriptions were brought to Europe and America. There scholars, using the deciphering methods Champollion had pioneered, traced the entire history of writing in Egypt. They discovered it had begun about 3100 B.C. when images of important people were first accompanied by hieroglyphs of their names or titles. By 2500 B.C. complete sentences began to appear on tomb inscriptions, along with lists of offerings to the Egyptian gods.

Which statement best expresses an inference that can be supported by information in the excerpt?

Ancient Egyptian writing became more complex over time.
The only writing discovered from ancient Egypt was written on tombs.
Only wealthy people had tomb inscriptions in ancient Egypt.
Most of the Egyptian writing that scholars translated was about Egyptian gods.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Ancient Egyptian writing became more complex over time.

Step-by-step explanation:

The given excerpt tells us that ancient Egyptian writing became more complex over time. Writing in Egypt began about 3100 B.C. and it consisted only of hieroglyphs of names or titles that accompanied images of important people. However, by 2500 B.C. ancient Egyptian writing became more complex - complete sentences began appearing on tombs, as well as lists of offerings to the Egyptian gods. We can conclude that, from then, their writing became even more complex.

The text doesn't claim that ancient Egyptian writing was found only on tombs, that only wealthy people had tomb inscriptions, or that most of the Egyptian writing was about Egyptian gods. These things are mentioned, but that doesn't mean that they were the only things that existed. This is why the first option is the correct one.