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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered ... Controlled access to ritual drug use also may help to explain a major social transition in the ancient Andes — from more egalitarian societies to ...

A MYSTERIOUS ancient society was using hollowed-out bones to take drugs inside ... the mountains of Peru, at an elevation of around 10,000 feet. They would conduct "exclusive rituals" inside ...

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a 2,500-year-old secret drug room filled with hollowed-out bird bones containing traces of psychedelic snuff and tobacco. The presence of the "snuff tubes ...

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of psychedelic drug use and “snuff tubes" in a previously sealed-off room at an ancient site in Peru The researchers found the room at Chavín ... The study’s ...