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

The 1,300-year-old finds indicate that the area may have once been a thriving religious center during the Dvaravati era.

A MYSTERIOUS ancient society was using hollowed-out bones to take drugs inside an “exclusive” psychedelics chamber. The long-abandoned drug den was where ancient Andeans would consume ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

In the ruins of the ancient town of Áspero in Peru, archaeologists have uncovered the 5,000-year-old grave of a woman from the Caral civilization. Her body was in a state of remarkable preservation, ...