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

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

Archaeologists uncover a vast temple site that reshapes what we know about one of South America’s great lost cultures.

The Inca Empire in South America was one of the most powerful pre-Columbian societies. It was known for the architecture of Machu Picchu, an extensive road network and a system of terraces for ...

The people of the ancient Incan empire kept careful records of their economics, religion, demographics and history.

Archaeologists have long suspected khipus were highly personal tools, with the hair serving as the author’s “signature.” ...

A groundbreaking discovery by archaeologists brings the latest developments regarding the Inca empire's elites, with a bathhouse seen in the Peruvian Andes region. The researchers claimed that ...

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

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

What remains of the Inca legacy is limited, as the conquistadors plundered what they could of Inca treasures and in so doing, dismantled the many structures painstakingly built by Inca craftsmen ...

Science | NPR A lock of hair may have just changed what we know about life in the Incan Empire Inca society kept records by encoding information into knotted cords called khipu. A new analysis of ...