Hurry 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

Because genetics is now progressing so rapidly, it is revolutionizing medical research. identify the subordinate clause in the sentence. a) is now progressing b) is now progressing so rapidly c) it is revolutionizing medical research d)

Isaw clearly the doom which had been prepared for me, and congratulated myself upon the timely accident by which ! had escaped. another step before my fall, and the world had seen me no more and the death just avoided was of that very character which i had regarded as fabulous and frivolous in the tales respecting the inquisition. to the victims of its tyranny, there was the choice of death with its direst physical agonies, or death with its most hideous moral horrors. i had been reserved for the latter. by long suffering my nerves had been unstrung, until i trembled at the sound of my own voice, and had become in every respect a fitting subject for the species of torture which awaited me. which torture does the passage above reference? a. being eaten alive by rats b.being sliced open by a giant blade c.being killed by falling into a hole d. being burned alive

Which big-picture idea comes logically from these details?