Inca bureaucrats recorded all the goings-on in their bustling empire using knotted cords called khipu, where the position and ...

A hair strand uncovered from an Incan astronomical device suggests record-keeping in the empire was prevalent not only among ...

The Inca Empire in South America was one of the most powerful pre-Columbian societies. It was known for the architecture of ...

Inca society kept records by encoding information into knotted cords called khipu. A new analysis of hair woven into these ...

The khipu knot-tying system was thought to have only been used by elites, but one artifact suggests commoners, too, knew how ...

Inca-style terraces, cloud forests and llamas aren’t relics of the past – they are the tools required now, particularly vital ...

Archaeologists say they have discovered the ruins of what they believe are the boundaries of an ancient temple belonging to ...

In 1532, Francisco Pizarro and fewer than 200 soldiers faced the vast Inca Empire. What followed was one of the most shocking ...

Typically, cords hang like pendants from one thick primary strand. The Inca Empire was conquered by the Spanish in 1532, and only a tiny percentage of ancient Incan khipus have survived.

The Inca Empire in South America, one of the most powerful pre-Columbian societies, was known for many innovations — such as the architecture of Machu Picchu, an extensive road network, and a ...