A preprint is available on the arXiv server. Quipu was named after the knotted cords used as recording devices by the Inca Empire and other South American cultures. It resembles those cords ...

Through quipus, which were transported via a system of relay runners, the Inca were able to keep a detailed record of everything that was produced, stored, and consumed in their empire.

The Capacocha ritual was one of the most significant religious ceremonies in the Inca Empire. It involved sacrificing children and young women to deities and sacred places at the summits of ...

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The researchers named this discovery “Quipu,” taking inspiration from the knotted string recording system once used by the Incas. Observed as a long strand with smaller threads branching off, the ...

Recent discoveries by archaeologists and researchers have shed new light on the Incas, shaking up our presumptions of this fascinating pre-Colombian civilisation.