Scientists believe that this 400-year-old drawing made by the Chumash people on the ceiling of a California cave depicts a ...

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

It was part of a tightly controlled ritual, likely reserved for a select few, reinforcing the social hierarchy.” They’re ...

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 ...

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