The spread of hepatoscopy is one of the clearest examples of cultural contact in the orientalizing period. It … See more

Roman haruspicy was a form of communication with the gods. Rather than strictly predicting future events, this form of Roman divination allowed humans to discern the attitudes of the gods and react in a way th… See more

In southwest Ethiopia and adjacent area of South Sudan, a number of ethnic communities have had the practice of reading animal entrails to divine the future. Some of the groups that have been documente… See more

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• Walter Burkert, 1992. The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Thames and Hudson), pp 46–51.
• Derek Collins, "Mapping the Entrails: The Practice of Greek H… See more

• Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Haruspices" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 37–38. This source suggests that Greek and Roman haruspices used the entrails of human cor… See more