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September 4, 2026

The Piacenza Liver: A Map of the Sky Drawn on an Organ

A bronze sheep's liver divided into forty regions, each carrying the name of a god. It's the surviving instrument of a discipline Rome relied on for eight centuries — and whose sacred books are gone to the last page.

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