The 'Nebra Sky Disk' With Two Bronze Swords And Axe Heads Uncovered From Saxon-Anhalt, Germany And Dated

“The 'Nebra Sky Disk' with two bronze swords and axe heads uncovered from Saxon-Anhalt, Germany and dated to 1600 BC. This incredible discovery of the oldest depiction of the universe was almost lost to the black market.

Dated to 1600 BCE, this bronze disk has a diameter of 32cm (about the size of a vinyl LP) and weighs around 2 kg. It is patinated blue-green and embossed with gold leaf symbols which appear to represent a crescent moon, the sun (or perhaps a full moon), stars, a curved gold band, interpreted as a sun boat, and a further gold band on the edge of the disk which probably represent one of the horizons.”

the björketorp runestone, created in about 500-700CE, is one of the runestones to bestow a curse on all those who may attempt to destroy the stone. it is inscribed in elder futhark during its transitional period to younger futhark, a newer version of the language. it is read from the bottom up, left to right.

transcription: ᚺᚼᛁᛞᛉᚱᚢᚾᛟᚱᛟᚾᚢᚠᚼᛚᚼᚺᚼᚴᚺᚼᛁᛞᛖᚱᚼᚷᛁᚾᚼᚱᚢᚾᚼᛉᚼᚱᚼᚷᛖᚢ ᚺᚼᛖᚱᚼᛗᚼᛚᚼᚢᛊᛉᚢᛏᛁᚼᛉᚹᛖᛚᚼᛞᚼᚢᛞᛖᛊᚼᛉᚦᚼᛏᛒᚼᚱᚢᛏᛉ

transliteration: hAidz runo ronu fAlAhak hAiderA ginArunAz ArAgeu hAerAmAlAusz utiAz welAdAude sAz þAt bArutz

translation: I, master of the runes(?) conceal here runes of power. Incessantly (plagued by) maleficence, (doomed to) insidious death (is) he who breaks this (monument).

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UNRWA, ANERA and WCK have all been forced to pause or halt their humanitarian operations in Gaza because Israel has deliberately targeted any means of lifesaving aid to a starved, maimed, and tortured population of over 2 million Palestinians, almost half of which are children.

This has been broadcasted by Israel so that it sets the precedent of what is deemed permissible in the face of "international law". I said it before, it does not get any more obviously genocidal than this.

Liver of Piacenza - bronze model of a sheep’s liver for the practice of Haruspicy -  Etruscan - 2nd century BCE

In ancient Babylon the liver was considered the source of the blood and hence the basis of life itself. From this belief, the Babylonians thought they could discover the will of the gods by examining the livers of carefully selected sacrificial sheep. Haruspicy in ancient Italy originated with the Etruscans, but was incorporated into Roman culture. Roman haruspicy was a form of communication with the gods. This form of Roman divination allowed humans to discern the attitudes of the gods and react in a way that would maintain harmony between the human and divine worlds.  This bronze model of a sheep’s liver was found by chance by a farmer in 1877. Names of Etruscan gods are etched into the surface and organized into different sections.

Twenty-sided dice with faces inscribed with Greek and Latin letters, from Egypt-Roman Period 2nd–3rd century.

It was thrown in order to choose a letter at random. One consulted the inscription to find the matching letter and read the oracle's response. There would be twenty oracular messages, each beginning with a letter of the alphabet that corresponded to one side of the dice.

Another remarkable example discovered in Dakhleh Oasis in Egypt in the 1980s records an Egyptian god’s name in Demotic (the Egyptian script of these late periods) on each face. Divination – seeking advice about the unknown from the supernatural – seems to be the most likely purpose for the Dakhleh die: the polyhedron might have been thrown in order to determine a god who might assist the practitioner.

Photos and info from metmuseum.org