Question

Revisionist archaeologists claim that a sycamore-wood bird statue found at this site gives early evidence of flight, (10[1])as it roughly (10[1])resembles a toy glider. Jean-Philippe Lauer spent his career excavating a complex at this site, which is the location of a building with a destroyed superstructure that has been dubbed “headless.” The “House of the North” and the “House of the South” are found at this site, where Cecil Firth found a limestone statue in a hidden chamber called a serdab. (10[1])Religious texts were carved on the subterranean walls of structures in this site, including one dedicated to the ruler Unas (“YOO-niss”). At this site, a designer created a new type of structure by building a single (10[1])square mastaba (“MAH-stah-bah”) and then adding five successively (10[1]-5[1])smaller (-5[1])mastabas on top of it. This site was the royal necropolis of Memphis. (10[2])For 10 points, name this site where Imhotep (10[1])designed (10[1])a step pyramid (10[1])to bury (10[1])the pharaoh Djoser ■END■ (10[2]0[4])

ANSWER: Saqqara (“suh-CAH-ruh”) [or Saqqara necropolis; or Sakkara; prompt on Memphis, Men-nefer, Manf, or Mit Rahina until “Memphis” is read; until “step pyramid” is read, prompt on step pyramid of Djoser or equivalents by asking “what broader site is the structure part of?”]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y1681%0%13%116.85

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AIndiana A1610
Alex SchmidtPenn State AIllinois A1910
Andrew HannaVanderbilt AHarvard A8010
Daniel MaYale AWUSTL B11510
Matt JacksonChicago ARutgers A12210
Forrest WeintraubColumbia BYale B122-5
Natan HoltzmanStanford AGeorgia Tech B123-5
Julian GatchSouth Carolina AToronto A13610
Jonathan LauJohns Hopkins ANorth Carolina A13610
Tracy MirkinFlorida APurdue A14410
Grace LiuMIT AFlorida B14510
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AMinnesota A14810
Jonathan TranCornell AUC Berkeley A15010
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BStanford A1540
Matthew SiffYale BColumbia B1540
Cormac BeirneMcGill AColumbia A15410
Todd MaslykMichigan AChicago C1540
Dennis ReppenChicago CMichigan A1540
Lexi TermanRutgers BOhio State A15410