A 1,800-year-old oracle found at Kibyra in Türkiye reveals how ancient people used sheep bones to seek answers from the gods.
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A new scientific study decodes 1,800-year-old Greek inscriptions in Asia Minor, revealing an oracle that provided answers about health, travel, money and luck.
The consultation worked more or less like this. Whoever had a doubt (if it was convenient to take a trip, close a purchase, get into a lawsuit or wait for a sick person to improve) approached a statue of the god Hermes in the square of his city, threw on a table some little sheep bones, added the points [...]