Visitors admire a replica of a gold mask from Sanxingdui at an ongoing exhibition at the Inka Museum in Cuzco, Peru. The ...

For more than a millennium, many Andean peoples used an object called a "khipu" (also spelled "quipu" and pronounced "key-poo ...

The Incas used mysterious stringy objects called ‘khipus’ to record data. We just got a step closer to understanding them.

Alvin Finkel Since the 1970s the proliferation of social histories has challenged once-dominant historical paradigms focused ...

Here, we explore six notable civilizations that have collapsed, shedding light on some of the causes behind their demise and ...