Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.

Near the entrance to the long, high-ceilinged room stand two magnificent granite statues of Pharaoh Amenophis III, who ruled Egypt about 1400 B. C. Farther on is a colossal head of Pharaoh Ramesses II dating back to 1250 B. C. And beyond it, resting on a simple base, is a slab of black basalt, a colossal rock.

Which words in the excerpt best show that Giblin thinks the room is important?

entrance and room
long and high-ceilinged
magnificent and colossal
simple and slab

Magnificent and colossal.

Explanation:

Magnificent and colossal are both words used to desciribe something great or inportant.

The answer is c

Explanation:

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explanation:

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.