Dr. Kirsten D. Dzwiza<p>I am working on a Sourcebook and a Catalogue of Ancient Magic Signs, compiling around 100 ancient <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Greek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greek</span></a> and Egyptian <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/ritual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ritual</span></a> instructions and +8000 ancient magial artefacts. </p><p>Today I have been working on a new <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> and interpretation of a ritual instruction called "Foreknowing Practice" (προγνωστικὴ πρᾶξις). It is preserved in this beautiful Greek <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/magical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>magical</span></a> papyrus dated to the 4th century and kept at the <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Louvre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Louvre</span></a> in Paris:<br><a href="https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010001517" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/</span><span class="invisible">53355/cl010001517</span></a></p><p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/ancientmagic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancientmagic</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/divination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divination</span></a></p>