Divination, or the capacity to predict the future, has been practised with numerous objects and a variety of approaches including animal entrails, palmistry, and even as seen much closer to home ...

Dice & divination In the recent excavations in Tamil Nadu, both four-sided or long dice and 6-sided dice have also been discovered.

A team of Israeli archaeologists published new research showing that the ancient animal-bone dice were used for divination.

Archaeologists found 600 bones dice used in games of chance played by children and adults, as well as in ritual divination practices.