Roman-era oracle found in Turkey offered 56 answers through sheep bone throws

An inscribed stone found at the ancient city of Kibyra in southwestern Turkey offers a glimpse of Roman-era fortune-telling. Archaeologists unearthed the stone in 2024 inside a chapel. Its Greek text records an oracle based on animal bones, a practice once used across southern Asia Minor. The limestone block came from the third terrace of […]

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