Read the excerpt from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone. Because of this mistaken belief, Young put roadblocks in his own path. However, he had laid a solid groundwork for others in their attempts to decipher the hieroglyphs.

Based on this excerpt, what is James Cross Giblin’s attitude toward the achievements of Thomas Young?

Giblin believes Young made valuable contributions to future researchers’ attempts to decipher the hieroglyphs.

Explanation:

Because of the mistaken belief, Young put roadblocks in his path. However, he laid a solid groundwork for others in their attempts to decipher the hieroglyphs. He explicitly says that he laid solid groundwork meaning his contributions paved the way for the ones coming behind.

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