A pre-Hispanic mummy dating back 1,000 years was recently found by utility workers in Lima, Peru, with archaeologists linking it to the Chancay culture that predated the Inca Empire.

Many scholars consider the Tiwanaku to be the precursor to the Inca Empire and one of the earliest complex societies in the Andes region. The civilization suddenly and mysteriously collapsed ...

The new discovery could potentially help scientists solve the puzzle of the Tiwanaku civilization's disappearance.

These elites were compared with royal dynasties or "god-kings" who practised incest in other parts of the world, such as the pharaohs of ancient Egypt and leaders of the Inca Empire ... let alone a ...

New research cast doubts over suggestions an incestuous social elite ruled over the ancient people of ... such as the pharaohs of ancient Egypt and leaders of the Inca Empire. However, publishing ...

Late last year, security researchers made a startling discovery: Kremlin-backed disinformation campaigns were bypassing moderation on social media platforms by leveraging the same malicious ...

Animal studies reveal a surprising truth: Depression may reflect old social survival strategies still active in modern life.

Labor unions and worker advocates rallied at the Capitol on Wednesday, pushing for a bill letting workers sue over wage theft.

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Unraveling the Secrets of the Inca Empire By Sam Kean The heaps of khipus emerged from garbage bags in the back of the tiny, one-room museum—clumps of tangled ropes the size of beach balls.

Searching for meaning in ancient Inca knots. The Atlantic has a fascinating deep dive into khipus — long cords that the Inca tied knots into to preserve information.

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