Question

In mystery festivals during Khoiak, this practice was done on a mixture of silt and germinated grains. This practice was performed (-5[1])in a room called the Beautiful House and involved a green mask symbolizing the Fields of Reeds. As part of this practice, a person covered in natron (10[1])and perfume (10[2])had their (10[1])sense-detecting (10[1])body parts tapped with a rod; that Opening of the Mouth ritual (10[1])in this practice allowed the ka and ba to return. (10[2])The heads of Hapi and three other of Horus’s sons appeared on canopic jars used in this practice, which removed the brain with a hook. (10[1])For 10 points, priests of Anubis oversaw what practice in which souls were prepared for the Egyptian afterlife by wrapping their bodies? ■END■

ANSWER: mummification [accept word forms such as making a mummy; accept Egyptian mummification; prompt on embalming or preservation; prompt on descriptive answers such as wrapping a body or postmortem modification; prompt on organ removal or taking out organs; prompt on preparing for the afterlife; prompt on burials or funeral rites]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Azura GollamudiNorthwestern BWashU A20-5
Ben KoberleinNotre Dame AWashU B4710
Sriram KoritalaIllinois AChicago B4910
Brielle RachIowa AIllinois D4910
Jacob PuthipirojNorthwestern AIowa B5110
Danielle WebbSIUENotre Dame B5210
Christopher JosephNotre Dame CIndiana6410
David NickelPurdue CIllinois C7410
Sophia MadrazoPurdue BIllinois B7410
Sebastian PujetWashU ANorthwestern B9910

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%11%65.44
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%0%64.88
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%17%72.83
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY12100%0%0%65.83
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%0%69.33
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%20%73.00
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2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%11%62.11