Anthropologists and archaeologists from the University of Turin in Italy discovered unusual facial tattoos while examining ...

South American mummies have become known for their impressive tattoos, but an analysis has found the design inked into the ...

Experience South America in crystal-clear 4K as you journey through its diverse landscapes and cultures. This film takes you from high-altitude peaks and dense rainforests to ancient ruins, rural ...

Even though archaeological and scientific tools have discovered much about these ancient civilizations, including facts about their daily lives, religions, and habits, many "disappearances" remain ...

While other ancient cultures also used psychoactive substances in communal ceremonies, the Chavín civilisation distinguished itself by reserving these practices for a select few. In the words of ...

An ancient woman’s recently discovered, richly adorned gravesite is helping archeologists better understand the complex gender relationships in South America’s oldest known civilization.

It was common for ancient cultures to communally take hallucinogens, but this society did things much differently.

The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts were smuggled into the United States in the 1940s. Scholars say they provide remarkable insights ...

Analysis reveals surprising absence of charcoal, the most commonly used tattoo material reported in literature, in latest find ...

Discover how traditional smoke ceremonies cleanse spaces, balance energy fields and deliver plant medicine through carefully ...

Whether standing stones, nondescript mounds, or lines in the earth, ancient civilizations have left ... Spanish explorers to South America heard his legend early in the 1500s.