Up until the time of the Spanish conquest in the 16th century, Inca communities in the Andean highlands used a peculiar form ...

For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

From the seat of government in Cusco, the Inca managed a vast territory stretching over 770,000 square miles. Controlling ...

Researchers studying an ancient form of string-writing used in pre-Columbian South America have unraveled new clues to a ...

By Paarth Mathur ✐ Peruvian Times Contributing Writer ☄ The linguistic landscape of Peru is a story of resilience. Since the ...

The Atlantic has a fascinating deep dive into khipus — long cords that the Inca tied knots into to preserve information. Few ...

Ofelia Zepeda is a renowned poet and linguist, and one of the world’s foremost experts on the Tohono O’odham language.

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How generous are you? Neil and Sophie discuss Mark Zuckerberg and what it takes to be a modern-day philanthropist.

Mar. 17, 2025 — A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new ... Webb Telescope Captures Its ...