A new study by a team of international archaeologists reveals the role that hallucinogenic drugs played in the ancient Chavin culture (900-250 B.C.), which was different from their counterparts.

Aysin Cilek boarded the train with her baby yesterday (July 24) settling in for what she presumed would have been an ordinary ...

Only elites used hallucinogens in ancient Andes society Snuff tubes and spoons unearthed at Chavín de Huántar in Peru had traces of vilca and nicotine.

Snuff tubes carved from hollow bones and used to inhale tobacco and hallucinogenic vilca. Credit: Daniel Contreras A rendering of the chamber, or gallery, where the snuff tubes were discovered.

Study sheds new light on exclusive hallucinogenic drug rituals in ancient Peru By Emily Mae Czachor ...

Chemical tests subsequently conducted on those tubes revealed six of them contained traces of hallucinogenic substance dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, a powerful psychedelic that occurs naturally in ...

Archaeologists Say They’ve Discovered a Hidden Chamber Where Elites Used Hallucinogens 2,500 Years Ago Unearthed in Peru, the small underground room may have been used for rituals involving ...