Read the passage and the preface from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.

State the organizational structure of the passage. Then, state the main idea of the text feature. Last, write two sentences about about what the text organization and preface help the reader understand about the Rosetta Stone.

The passage has a chronological order text structure It describes the scene in Cairo when the scholars received the package from the soldiers The main idea of the text feature is that Egyptian history was lost before the Rosetta Stone was found No one could read the hieroglyphics The text feature and the passage together explain how important the discovery of the Rosetta Stone. The Rosetta Stone gave researchers clues to the meaning of the hieroglyphics

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