3,300-year-old shrines unearthed in ArmeniaFebruary 20, 2015 - 13:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Three shrines, dating back about 3,300 years, have been unearthed within a hilltop fortress at Gegharot in Armenia, Live Science reports.
Archaeologists believe rulers would have used the shrines for divination — a practice in which one tries to see into the future.
A wide variety of artifacts were discovered including clay idols with horns, stamp seals, censers used to burn substances and a vast amount of animal bones with markings on them. During divination practices, the rulers and diviners may have burnt some form of substances and drank wine, allowing them to experience "altered" states of mind, the archaeologists say.
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