Which line from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone best illustrates the author’s purpose in printing excerpts from the decree inscribed on the Rosetta Stone?
A. It took more than a hundred years, and the efforts of many scholars, to translate all three passages
B. New translations of the hieroglyphic text were made in France and Germany
C. present-day experts hope that an even more complete copy of the hieroglyphic inscription may yet be found
D. they give a sense of its content and the style in which it was written