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