Up until the time of the Spanish conquest in the 16th century, Inca communities in the Andean highlands used a peculiar form of writing to record key events and keep track of their economic affairs.

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

With suspension bridges and ramrod-straight roads laid out by ancient surveyors, the road functions as a kind of map of Inca ambitions ... and confused Inca empire, co-opting the elite with ...

The expedition's efforts resulted in the discovery of an ancient Inca road that coincides with the descriptions of the historical map known as ... heritage of the Inca Empire.

The existence of a tunnel network under the ancient Peruvian city of Cusco had ... Cusco was once a thriving hub for the Inca Empire. Now, it’s a popular tourist spot and an archaeological ...

undertaken by Professor Sabine Hyland at the University of St. Andrews, reveals that the enigmatic form of communication, known as quipu (also written as khipu), helped record observations of the ...

BLACKSBURG — Four years’ worth of research on the ancient Inca Road of the Andes ... The beginning of the Inca empire dates to about 1200 A.D., to a small agricultural society in and around ...

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered ancient temple ruins that could predate the Inca empire. The temple on the periphery of the Sacsayhuaman fortress includes 11 rooms thought to have held mummies ...

New findings from ancient ... This map of South America shows different genetic ancestries represented in different regions. The black line shows the full extent of the Inca Empire, while the ...

Standing atop the mountains in the southern highlands of Peru is the 15th-century marvel of the Inca empire, Machu Picchu ... diversity hidden within the ancient remains of those who once called ...