The ancient city of Pergamon (or Pergamum) in Turkey has yielded several interesting finds recently. The latest in this series of finds is the tomb of the bird oracle priest Markos. Based on the recent findings, Markos, the ancient bird oracle priest, used the behavior of birds, their flight and songs, as a way to make divinations about the future.
Bird oracle practices were common in Hellenistic Pergamon, which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage site list in 2014. Pergamon is mentioned in the New Testament in Revelations as one of the locations of the Seven Churches of Revelation, also known as the Seven Churches of Asia. Pergamum was referred to as the location of “Satan’s seat” in a New Testament Revelations passage.
According to the Daily Sabah, the bird oracle priest’s tomb contained a number of artifacts including a rare, perfectly intact ampulla, which is a small round vessel used for holding holy water and ritual oils. As of this writing, archaeologists are still trying to precisely date the tomb and its contents.
Archaeologists discover tomb of “Bird Oracle” Markos who made predictions about future by observing birds in ancient settlement of Türkiye’s Pergamonhttps://t.co/74LZliZo3V
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