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

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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Will HooverRIT BPenn State49-5
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