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

The discovery of ancient bones carved into tubes in the mountains of Peru led researchers to conduct chemical analyses.

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

Archaeologists have uncovered ancient snuff tubes in the Andes, revealing how "drugs" reinforced social hierarchies in the ...

An ancient society in the Peruvian Andes likely used psychoactive drugs during exclusive rituals that may have helped ...

Archaeologists uncover ancient snuff tubes in Peru, revealing how Chavín elites used hallucinogens to build power and control ...

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 ...

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

Inside, researchers found nicotine from wild Nicotiana species and vilca, a psychedelic powder derived from the vilca tree.

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