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 ...

Chavìn's religious leaders could have used unearthly noises, along with psychoactive drugs, strange lights, and images, to convince others they held the power of gods, or could become gods ...

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 h… ...

Reference: Rick JW, Lema VS, Echeverría J, et al. Pre-Hispanic ritual use of psychoactive plants at Chavín de Huántar, Peru. PNAS . 2025;122(19):e2425125122. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2425125122 This article ...

Secret 'drug room' full of psychedelic 'snuff tubes' discovered at pre-Inca site in Peru 'Trash' found deep inside a Mexican cave turns out to be 500-year-old artifacts from a little-known culture ...

The peaceful, easy feeling derived from a mix of hallucinogenic drugs and alcoholic drink may have been a key to political power in coastal Peru a millennium ago, according to a study published ...

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 de Huántar ...

As such, it offers a hint that the religion continued to thrive, even at the edge of the former empire. PNAS , 2019. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1902174116;( About DOIs ).

Scientists have discovered direct evidence that people in Europe used psychoactive drugs during the Bronze Age, possibly as part of ancient rituals. CNN values your feedback 1.