Their most important practices were the use of augury, which was reading omens from birds and lightning strikes, and haruspicy, which was examining entrails of sacrificed animals, especially the liver, to divine future events.
他们最重要的实践是使用占卜术，即从鸟类和雷击中读取预兆，以及肝脏占卜，即检查祭祀动物的内脏，特别是肝脏，以预测未来的事件。
![Diagram of the sheep's liver found at Picenum with Etruscan inscriptions on the bronze sheep's Liver of Piacenza](/Images/godic/202501/17/Piacenza_Bronzeleber2219.jpg")
![Akkadian language clay liver models written in a local dialect, recovered from the palace at Mari, dated to the 19th or 18th century BC.](/Images/godic/202501/17/Divinatory_livers_Louvre_AO198372219.jpg")