For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

High above sea level in the remote northern Andes, an extraordinary discovery has brought new clarity to one of Peru’s most ...

Up until the time of the Spanish conquest in the 16th century, Inca communities in the Andean highlands used a peculiar form ...

Located roughly 300 miles north of Lima in Río Abiseo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Gran Pajatén complex ...

Ongoing research from the University of St Andrews has discovered that khipus, the mysterious string writing of the Incas, ...

undertaken by Professor Sabine Hyland at the University of St. Andrews, reveals that the enigmatic form of communication, known as quipu (also written as khipu), helped record observations of the ...

The beginning of the Inca empire dates to about 1200 A.D., to a ... And it shows that the ancient road builders’ knowledge of water was highly sophisticated. “They saw the power of water ...

Throughout history, civilizations across the world have created materials that were way ahead of their times using limited ...

Khipus are knotted-string devices that were used in the Inca Empire for communication and ... Leonor de Jucul to study their collection of ancient khipus, which had never before been shown to ...

Based in high-altitude urban centers, the Chachapoya resisted conquest by the Inca Empire for centuries Humans ... they provide remarkable insights into ancient Chinese philosophy and religion ...