Researchers discovered that pre-Inca stone structures from the mountains of Peru had secret rooms accessible to only the most ...

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

Very little is known about Capacocha, the sacred Inca ceremony of human sacrifice, but with each new archaeological discovery of a sacrificial mummy, more is revealed. The earliest and only known ...

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

A team of archaeologists discovered ancient snuff tubes carved from hollow bones at the heart of monumental stone structures ...

Dead for 500 years, this Inca sacrificial mummy found on Chile's El Plomo Peak has opened the door to further inquiry into the strange and mysterious ritual life of the Inca. There may be hundreds ...

This private chamber had restricted access, suggesting that the use of psychedelics was a special ritual reserved for the elite. Credit: Daniel Contreras “Taking psychoactives was not just about ...

During the Inca Empire the ritual killing of this animal was an important part of the major official celebrations. The golden llama figure here presented dates from the Inca Empire, and was ...

And it's in this official calendar that you have several ceremonies with the llama." The greatest Inca religious rite was the Festival of the Sun. A Spanish chronicler has left us a full ...

During the Inca Empire the ritual killing of this animal was an important part of the major official celebrations. The golden llama figure here presented dates from the Inca Empire, and was ...