Editing Binary number (section)

=== Classical antiquity ===
[[Etruscan civilization|Etruscans]] divided the outer edge of [[Haruspex|divination livers]] into sixteen parts, each inscribed with the name of a divinity and its region of the sky. Each liver region produced a binary reading which was combined into a final binary for divination.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Collins |first=Derek |date=2008 |title=Mapping the Entrails: The Practice of Greek Hepatoscopy |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27566714 |journal=The American Journal of Philology |volume=129 |issue=3 |pages=319–345 |jstor=27566714 |issn=0002-9475}}</ref> 

Divination at Ancient Greek [[Dodona]] oracle worked by drawing from separate jars, questions tablets and "yes" and "no" pellets. The result was then combined to make a final prophecy.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Johnston |first=Sarah Iles |title=Ancient Greek divination |date=2008 |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |isbn=978-1-4051-1573-5 |edition=1. publ |series=Blackwell ancient religions |location=Malden, Mass.}}</ref>