The discovery of ancient bones carved into tubes in the mountains of Peru led researchers to conduct chemical analyses.

The oldest evidence of psychoactive plant use was found in the Andes, revealing how societies used mind-altering drugs to ...

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a 2,500-year-old secret drug room filled with hollowed-out bird bones containing ...

Hallucinogens proved to be one of the most powerful tools of Peru's ancient Chavín Phenomenon society for maintaining ...

Snuff tubes uncovered at Chavin de Huantar in Peru reveal how leaders used mystical experiences to cement their power.

Although their own name for themselves remains unknown, the Chavín of Peru clearly shared common agricultural techniques, ...

Two thousand years before the Inca Empire extended its dominion over the Andes, a much less known yet culturally influential ...

That includes ancient Egypt, as well as ancient Greek, Vedic, Maya, Inca, and Aztec cultures. The Urarina people who live in the Peruvian Amazon Basin still use a psychoactive brew called ayahuasca in ...

An ancient society in the Peruvian Andes likely used psychoactive drugs during exclusive rituals that may have helped establish social and political hierarchies seen later throughout the region ...

Two thousand years before the Inca empire dominated the Andes, a lesser-known society known as the Chavín Phenomenon shared ...