We know this for a fact: For the first time, direct chemical evidence of these drugs has been found, in residual traces left ...

In the high Andes Mountains of Peru lies Cusco, the former capital of the Inca Empire. It’s a popular destination for trekkers looking to visit monuments such as Machu Picchu. It’s also a protected ...

That includes ancient Egypt, as well as ancient Greek, Vedic, Maya, Inca, and Aztec cultures. The Urarina people who live in ...

At Chavín de Huántar, archaeologists discovered a network of hidden rooms they called galleries, built into the larger stone ...

Lima stands as one of the most significant cities in South America and is renowned for its exceptional cuisine and proximity to remarkable Inca artifacts. Founded in 1535, it seamlessly blends its ...

"The tubes are analogous to the rolled-up bills that high-rollers snort cocaine through in the movies," an archaeologist told ...

In a new study, archaeologists uncovered 2,500-year-old psychoactive drug paraphernalia in an archaeological site in the ...

Thousands of years ago in modern-day Peru, hallucinogenic plants were in use in ritual ceremonies at the renowned Chavín de ...

Unearthed in Peru, the small underground room may have been used for rituals involving psychoactive drugs. New research ...

a major pre-Incan culture that thrived between 900 and 200 B.C. The room was found to contain 23 artifacts “associated with consumption of psychoactive plants” — including hollowed-out bird ...