Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Etruscans were known as expert haruspices or diviners, so much so that the ancient Romans passed laws ensuring the preservation of this custom. By analysing the entrails of animals they read omens and predicted future events.

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Bronze mirror showing an haruspex
Drawing of the Liver of Piacenza