Question

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. As part of this practice, (10[1])a person covered in natron and perfume had their sense-detecting (10[2])body parts tapped (10[1])with a rod; (10[1])that Opening of the Mouth ritual in this practice allowed the ka 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 (10[1])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■

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
Joshua Garner (DII)Ohio State A (UG) Michigan D (UG)4210
Angelo Pan (UG)CWRU C (UG)Miami A (UG) 5210
Andrew Harms (DII)Michigan State A Ohio State B (DII) 5210
Brady Hagan (DII)Ohio State C (DII) West Virginia B (UG) 5510
Nathan Wodicka (UG)Miami B (UG) Michigan C 5810
Meredith Wiper (DII)CWRU B (DII) Michigan B (UG)7410
Beckett Gilmore (DII)Jefferson County Scholars (DII)Miami C (DII) 9210
Kate Merritt (UG)West Virginia A (UG) Michigan State B 9410

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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
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%13%70.88
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%11%62.11