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A deadly virus - known as oropouche virus or sloth fever - is quietly spreading across South America and Europe as scientists ...

The Madeira River, the largest tributary of the Amazon, has been losing water flow over the last 20 years while facing severe ...

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

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

Limiting access to mind-altering substances may have provided leaders with a means to create, control a class system.

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 ...

It was part of a tightly controlled ritual, likely reserved for a select few, reinforcing the social hierarchy.” They’re ...

Jesus survived crucifixion then had kids with Mary Magdalene in France, says expert Screams as famous gorilla hurls rock into ...

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