Archaeologists have unearthed three shrines dating back around 3,300 years in some Armenian hilltops, International Business Times reported.

Discovered in a hilltop fortress in Gegharot, Armenia, experts believe that the shrines were used by rulers at the time to make predictions for the future.

Each of the shines consisted of a solitary room which contained a clay basin full of ash and ceramic vessels, Live Science reported.

It is thought by the discoverers, Adam Smith, a Cornell University professor, and Cornell graduate Jeffrey Leon, that the rulers and mystics may have burned some of the items and imbibed in alcohol to blur their mind during the divination practices.

The name of the society and its leaders who once utilized these shrines is currently unknown.

The duo found evidence of three different types of divination at the shrines, including osteomancy – the reading of the future through rituals involving burned animal bones.

It is thought that the shrines were in use for about 100 years until the fortress was destroyed, seemingly along with the society that controlled it, through conflict.