In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient ... before the Inca empire and the arrival of Europeans. All the individuals had some form of tattoos on ...

The Atlantic has a fascinating deep dive into khipus — long cords that the Inca tied knots into to preserve information. Few know how to read the knots, which are hundreds of years old and fragile.

BLACKSBURG — Four years’ worth of research on the ancient Inca Road of the Andes led by a Virginia Tech engineering professor will be part of a major Smithsonian Institution exhibit scheduled ...

Lake Titicaca was a sacred space to the ancient Andean empire of the Inca, which at its height in the early 16th century controlled territory from modern-day Colombia to Chile. The Inca built more ...

Long before colonization, the people of Peru kept track of important information using a mysterious coding system of strings ...

Researchers studying an ancient form of writing used by the Incas in pre-Columbian South America have unraveled new clues to a longstanding mystery. The research, undertaken by Professor Sabine Hyland ...

Tattoos found on the face and arm of an ancient South American mummy are completely unlike any other known examples of ancient body art. Describing the tatts in a new study, researchers say the ...

that of the Inca empire. Instead of writing on clay tablets or papyrus, as other ancient societies did, the Incas recorded information by tying knots into long cords they called khipus.

In a viral TikTok video, a millennial woman has made a bold prediction: "Gen Z is going to be the last generation that has lots of tattoos." Ashley Bez, 41, from Brooklyn, New York City ...