Khipus were particularly important to the Inca Empire, which lasted from around 1438 C.E. until 1532 C.E. when the Spanish ...

Machu Picchu, a 15th-century Inca site in southern Peru, is actually several decades older than previously thought, according ...

For more than a millennium, many Andean peoples used an object called a "khipu" (also spelled "quipu" and pronounced "key-poo ...

It’s hard to pinpoint when humans started recording and sharing knowledge of the past. But it’s estimated that they started ...

The Australian Museum’s new exhibition, Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru, includes a complex inventory system ...

Peruvian authorities said Tuesday they have tightened security at the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu after tourists there were ...

THEY MAY not have the cachet of the Pulitzer or the Booker, but the Sidewise Awards for Alternate History deserve respect. The what-if genre of fiction is growing fast, with work of startling quality ...

Some people are unfathomably rich. According to Forbes, as of March 2024, Bernard Arnault is the wealthiest man alive, with ...

In the film, Paddington discovers a knotted string bracelet said to contain an ancient secret. Far from being ropy Holywood nonsense, this hidden language really did exist.

Pizarro's timing for conquest was perfect. By 1532, the Inca Empire was embroiled in a civil war that had decimated the population and divided the people's loyalties. Atahualpa, the younger son of ...

Archaeology, the study of human history through material remains, has contributed significantly to the discourse of International Relations (IR) .