Question

These objects accompany scenes of animal hunts in the oldest known Egyptian tomb mural, found at Nekhen. The high steward Henenu is credited with commissioning some of these objects in the city of Coptos. One of these objects discovered by Kamal el-Mallakh exemplifies (10[1])the use of tenon joints to construct them. (10[2])A collection of these objects found at Thonis-Heracleion (10[1])resemble a type of them called baris. (10[1])Herodotus wrote that Necho II abandoned a project (10[1])to facilitate (-5[1])the use of these objects (10[2])that Darius (10[1])the Great (10[1])later (-5[1])finished, (10[1])according to the Shaluf Stela. Limestone blocks were moved off these objects at Wadi al-Jarf, as recounted (10[1])in the (10[1])Diary (10[1])of Merer. (10[1])Two (-5[1])of these objects were kept in Khufu’s tomb to bring (10[1])goods for use in the afterlife. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, name these objects that were once guided by the Lighthouse of Alexandria. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: ships [or boats; or rafts; or barques; or barges]
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2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y21100%0%14%93.57

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michael KearneyHarvardVanderbilt4210
Cormac BeirneLSENorth Carolina A5010
Colin VeeversOttawaWaterloo A5010
Julian BushlowCornell BMIT5810
Biniam AlaroFloridaYale6510
Charles HangWUSTL AIllinois B7310
Liam StarnesChicago BIllinois A75-5
Vikshar AthreyaRutgersVirginia8010
Cooper RohColumbia AWinona State8010
Ned TagtmeierChicago AToronto B8210
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateStanford8410
Nathaniel HullUC Berkeley AColumbia B85-5
Aryan DesarapuMichiganBritish Columbia8610
Graham TroyNorth Carolina BArizona State10310
Ben WismathToronto CNYU10510
Sky LiToronto ATexas10610
Simon ZimmermanOhio StateUC Berkeley B10810
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsVirginia Tech109-5
Jeffrey XuGeorgia TechWaterloo B11910
Jacky XuCornell AMaryland12510
Matt SchiavoneNorthwesternUCF12610
Akshar GoyalIllinois AChicago B14110
Orion KellerVirginia TechJohns Hopkins14110
Elijah ScheinsonColumbia BUC Berkeley A14110