New research on the remains of a handful of Inca child sacrifice victims has given scientists more clues as to how this ...

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

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

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

Ongoing research from the University of St Andrews has discovered that khipus, the mysterious string writing of the Incas, ...

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

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

Ancient Chavín elites used hallucinogens in private rituals to strengthen their authority and shape early social hierarchies.