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

The economy is heavily dependent on agriculture, which employs over 80% of the population, and it is vulnerable to external shocks, particularly climatic shocks. In January 2021, the government ...

Researchers discovered that pre-Inca stone structures from the mountains of Peru had secret rooms accessible to only the most ...

The Peruvian agricultural sector registered 4% growth in the first quarter of this year (January-February-March), compared to the same period in 2024, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Development ...

It was common for ancient cultures to communally take hallucinogens, but this society did things much differently.

Through agricultural innovations, craft production, and trade, Chavín shaped a growing social order and laid the foundations ...

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

"Taking psychoactives was not just about seeing visions. It was part of a tightly controlled ritual, likely reserved for a ...

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

Through agricultural innovations, craft production, and trade, Chavín shaped a growing social order and laid the foundations for hierarchical society among the high peaks. But one of their most ...

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, ...