Haruspicy

Definition: Haruspicy was the method the Etruscans used to read entrails of animal sacrifices in order to predict the future. The person performing the haruspicy was called a Haruspex. Tagetes is credited with teaching the Etruscans the art of haruspicy.

Also see

• Extispicium
  
• Augur
  
• Augury
  
• Early Rome

References:
[ URL = www.isa.it/tuscia/english/history/etrus6.htm ] Tuscia
The Art of Haruspicy An article on the Etruscan art, with charts.