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

A team of archaeologists discovered ancient snuff tubes carved from hollow bones at the heart of monumental stone structures ...

A TOWERING mountain that rises suddenly from the flat Amazon rainforest is cloaked in mystery. Cerro el Cono, the steep ...

Potatoes were once a maligned vegetable in Europe, unworthy for aristocratic tables. Then they underwent a dramatic PR ...

A stunning archaeological discovery has recently been made in the Caral region of Peru, where a 5,000-year-old mummy was ...

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

A strange pyramid-shaped peak in Peru is shrouded in mystery, mainly because this geographic marvel is so hard to reach.

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

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

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

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

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 ...