In the high Andes Mountains of Peru lies Cusco, the former capital of the Inca Empire. It’s a popular destination for trekkers looking to visit monuments such as Machu Picchu. It’s also a protected ...

Across the globe, the Sun holds a revered place in folklore, symbolizing life and cosmic guidance. From Ancient Egypt's Ra to ...

The new installation celebrates over 4,000 years of Indigenous art of the Americas with contemporary art, community perspectives, and bilingual materials ...

Archaeologists have found evidence that psychedelic drugs and 'snuff tubes' were used in rituals at a pre-Inca site in Peru.

This is the first time that major deities have been found depicted on a relief from an ancient Assyrian palace.

Archaeologists who are excavating the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq have discovered a rare stone carving depicting the last ruler of the Assyrian Empire flanked by important gods. The slab was made ...

In a new study, archaeologists uncovered 2,500-year-old psychoactive drug paraphernalia in an archaeological site in the ...

We know this for a fact: For the first time, direct chemical evidence of these drugs has been found, in residual traces left ...

Unearthed in Peru, the small underground room may have been used for rituals involving psychoactive drugs. New research ...

Modern lasers meet ancient wisdom as four beams from ESO’s telescope reflect the Andean reverence for cosmic balance.

A vandal has daubed an image of a penis on a wall at a centuries-old Peruvian city recognised by Unesco as a World Heritage Site. The man was filmed while spraying the graffiti on one of the ...