Bronze Age shrines were found on the Middle Bronze Age in central Armenia . Researchers said these shrines contained evidence of divination rituals . Including osteomancy and lithomancy - divination using bones and stones . Knuckles from sheep and cows were used as dice to predict the future . While stamps on pieces of dough were used for divination 3,000 years ago . Shrines were used for a century until the area was destroyed by conflict . Divination bones were abandoned suggesting rulers predicted their demise . Pottery in the shrine also had traces similar to stimulant Ephedra .
Bronze Age shrines were found on Tsaghkahovit Plain in central Armenia . Researchers said these shrines contained evidence of divination rituals . Including osteomancy and lithomancy - divination using bones and stones . Knuckles from sheep and cows were used as dice to predict the future . While stamps on pieces of dough were used for divination 3,000 years ago . Shrines were used for a century until the area was destroyed by conflict . Divination bones were abandoned suggesting rulers predicted their demise . Pottery in the shrine also had traces similar to stimulant Ephedra .