Over 1,000 years ago, long before the famous Inca Empire, a powerful Andean civilization called the Wari ruled large parts of Peru. Archaeologists now believe that one surprising tool helped them grow and keep peace among different groups — a psychedelic beer. A new study published in La Revista de…
The rise of the Wari civilization (c. A.D. 600–1000) in the central Andes has long fascinated archaeologists. Known for spectacular tombs, administrative cities, and far-flung influence, the Wari remain a puzzle in how they consolidated power. A provocative new hypothesis suggests that psychedelic beer—beer laced with hallucinogenic agents—may have been…