The Chavín people are known for their agricultural innovations, craft production, and trade, which helped establish the ...

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

A new study by a team of international archaeologists reveals the role that hallucinogenic drugs played in the ancient Chavin culture (900-250 B.C.), which was different from their counterparts.

Researchers and archaeologists found evidence that a pre-Inca civilization in Peru held exclusive rituals involving a psychedelic drug.

Archaeologists have found evidence that psychedelic drugs and 'snuff tubes' were used in rituals at a pre-Inca site in Peru. Researchers published their findings from Chavín de Huántar, an ...

Archaeologists Say They’ve Discovered a Hidden Chamber Where Elites Used Hallucinogens 2,500 Years Ago Unearthed in Peru, the small underground room may have been used for rituals involving ...

Years after finding it, archeologists enter chamber under a Peruvian temple The room was lost even to generations of people who lived and worshipped at the site.

Archaeologists have discovered ancient underground galleries at a site high in the Peruvian Andes mountains. Researchers made the find near a lagoon located at an altitude of more than 11,200 feet ...

The site of Chavin de Huantar in modern-day Peru hosts several monumental buildings overseeing a large plaza, located at an elevation of 10,000 ft. Two thousand years before the Inca empire ...