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

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

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

Utility workers in Lima, Peru, uncovered two pre-Incan tombs during gas line construction, including one holding a 1,000-year ...

An 11-year “veteran” history teacher “with a deep love of learning” recently posted a video in which she claims human ...

Discoveries from a Pre-Inca culture come forth at the hands of utility workers in the district of Puente Piedra, Peru.

Utility workers in Peru's capital have discovered two pre-Incan tombs while expanding underground gas networks ...

The Incan capital at Cusco was built to look like a dark puma-shaped constellation, according to an Italian scientist. The Incan capital of Cusco was founded around the 12th century in what is now ...

Utility workers excavating trenches to expand an underground gas network in the capital of Peru unearthed two pre-Incan tombs on Thursday that are more than 1,000 years old.

Ancient Incan mummy had lung infection, according to novel proteomics analysis Date: July 25, 2012 Source: Public Library of Science Summary: A 500-year-old frozen Incan mummy suffered from a ...

Pre-Incan civilizations of the Central Andes occupied an area, at over 4000 metres elevation, which is today regarded as marginal for many basic crops. Away from the cities of the region, most land is ...

Utility workers in Peru's capital have discovered two pre-Incan tombs while expanding underground gas networks ...