Archaeologists exploring the numerous underground chambers at the ancient Chavín de Huántar complex in Peru have found evidence of ritual practices involving hallucinogenic drugs, confirming ...

An American tourist died after drinking a psychedelic tea that caused a “breakdown” of several organs while he was on a ...

Traces of drug use go back to ancient times with research showing that the Greeks and Romans used and sometimes abused ...

An ancient society in the Peruvian Andes likely used psychoactive drugs during exclusive rituals that may have helped establish social and political hierarchies seen later throughout the region ...

Aaron Wayne Castranova was on a spiritual retreat in the Peruvian Amazon when he ingested a psychedelic tea and died ...

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a 5,000-year-old fire altar, offering insight into the life of the ancient Caral ...

Unearthed in Peru, the small underground room may have been used for rituals involving psychoactive drugs. New research suggests these "exclusive" events were reserved for the elite ...

Getty Archaeologists have discovered evidence of psychedelic drug use and “snuff tubes" in a formally sealed-off chamber at an ancient site in Peru ... while Chavín rituals involving ...

Officials said the ancient city of Kuélap ... Archaeologists uncovered ritual offerings and human remains at the Kuélap llaqta archaeological site. Photos by Peru's Ministry of Culture.

An ancient society in the Peruvian Andes likely used psychoactive drugs during exclusive rituals that may have helped establish social and political hierarchies seen later throughout the region ...