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The khipu code: the knotty mystery of the Inkas’ 3D records

Posted on June 20, 2018 by SCIENCE pickings

“The Inka Empire (1400-1532 CE) is one of few ancient civilisations that speaks to us in multiple dimensions. Instead of words or pictograms, the Inkas used khipus – knotted string devices – to communicate extraordinarily complex mathematical and narrative information. … Continue reading →

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