"The tubes are analogous to the rolled-up bills that high-rollers snort cocaine through in the movies," one researcher said.

Snuff tubes uncovered at Chavin de Huantar in Peru reveal how leaders used mystical experiences to cement their power.

Two thousand years before the Inca empire dominated the Andes, a lesser-known society known as the Chavín Phenomenon shared ...

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

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

That includes ancient Egypt, as well as ancient Greek, Vedic, Maya, Inca, and Aztec cultures. The Urarina people who live in the Peruvian Amazon Basin still use a psychoactive brew called ayahuasca in ...

Night - Partly cloudy. Winds NE. The overnight low will be 30 °F (-1.1 °C). Cloudy with a high of 58 °F (14.4 °C) and a 37% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 5 to 15 mph (8 to 24.1 ...

When most people think of ancient Egypt, they picture towering pyramids and golden pharaohs, but behind the grandeur was a vibrant food culture that shaped daily life for farmers, artisans, and royals ...

Indeed, while we can’t be entirely sure, the Roman Empire may have controlled ... much of the gold from ancient times (mainly from empires like Roman, Inca, and the Ottoman) was not preserved ...

Perched high in the Andes Mountains, Machu Picchu is an ancient Inca city surrounded by lush greenery and steep cliffs. This archaeological wonder is noted for its sophisticated dry-stone construction ...

Located in a beautiful 16th-century colonial mansion that was once home to Spanish Admiral Francisco Alderete Maldonado, the Museo Inka (Inca Museum) boasts an eclectic assortment of Incan artifacts.

While circumcision was common in many ancient cultures, the Romans considered it undesirable. In certain parts of the Empire, men who had been circumcised – particularly those from Jewish or Eastern ...