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

Built in the 15th century under the reign of the Inca emperor Pachacuti, this city was a testament to the empire's power and ...

Researchers studying an ancient form of string-writing used in pre-Columbian South America have unraveled new clues to a ...

NUMBER ONE, ON THE LIST GOES WITHOUT SAYING. THIS IS MACHU PICCHU, A RELIGIOUS, CEREMONIAL, ASTRONOMICAL AND AGRICULTURAL CENTER OF THE INCAN EMPIRE. HERE’S A FUN FACT ABOUT ONE OF THE NEW SEVEN ...

Khipus are knotted-string devices that were used in the Inca Empire for communication and for recording information. Khipus are little understood, in part because most khipus are in museum collections ...

This former royal estate from the vast Inca Empire located in present day Cusco ... more similar to a cosmopolitan center than a modern agricultural village. The study also found that the genetic ...

The Inca Empire was a marvel of its time. The rulers managed to conquer territory from Colombia to Argentina and Chile, spanning the mountain ranges, coastlines, jungles and plains of six modern day ...

Archaeologists found two 500-year-old quarries in the Cañete mountains and a trail network used during the final stage of the Inca empire, photos show. Photo from Qhapaq Ñan Project Atop some ...

LIMA, April 14 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in the Peruvian Andes have discovered an Inca bathing complex built half a millennia ago, which they believe may have served the elite of the sprawling ...