Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Lima: In a dry canyon strewn with the ruins of a long-dead city, archaeologists have made a discovery they hope will help unravel one of ...

The Inca Empire that existed in South America from the 13th century to the 16th century was a civilization without letters, so knowing its history is limited. However, using a knot to record events ...

In Clive Cussler’s thriller Inca Gold, a crucial clue in an international treasure hunt is encoded in an ancient tangle of knotted, colored strands. Using a computer to identify patterns, an expert ...

LIMA, Peru — In a dry canyon strewn with the ruins of a long-dead city, archaeologists have made a discovery they hope will help unravel one of the most tenacious mysteries of ancient Peru: how to ...

Instead of partying during his spring break, Harvard undergrad Manny Medrano stayed on campus and deciphered the meaning of an ancient Inca khipu. Khipus are knotted string devices used by the Inca ...

The knotted strings used by the ancient Inca may have conveyed accounting information and words, a new computer analysis suggests. The strings, called khipu, include knots in various colours and ...

Andean people of the past looked at these strings as a record of the climate, and they studied them to understand patterns. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Scientists have picked apart some 500-year-old calculations from the Inca empire. The team deciphered the maths from a series of 'khipus': elaborate structures of coloured, knotted strings.

Researchers in the US believe they have come closer to solving a centuries-old mystery - by deciphering knotted string used by the ancient Incas. Experts say one bunch of knots appears to identify a ...

While excavating an Inca outpost on Peru’s southern coast, archaeologist Alejandro Chu and his colleagues uncovered some twisted surprises. In 2013, the scientists were digging in one of four rooms ...

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