Quipu Archive

The Incas Used Stringy Objects Called ‘Quipus’ To Record Data – We Just Got A Step Closer To Understanding Them

AncientPages.com | November 26, 2024

AncientPages.com - For more than a millennium, many Andean peoples used an object called a "khipu" (also spelled "quipu" and pronounced "key-poo") to record and communicate information. Khipus

Did The Inca Use Quipu To Collect Taxes?

Archaeology

Did The Inca Use The Quipu To Collect Taxes?

AncientPages.com | June 24, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The purpose of the Quipu has long puzzled scientists. The vast Inca Empire had a sophisticated and organized government, but they had no

Archaeology

Secrets Of Quipu – Ancient Inca Message Decoded By Student

AncientPages.com | December 27, 2017

AncientPages.com - Unraveling the secret of the quipu is by no means easy, but one student has successfully decoded an ancient Inca message. The Inca had no written language.

The lost “written” language of the Inkas used twists of coloured animal hair rather than ink and paper,

Archaeology

‘Collata Quipu’ May Explain Messages Hidden In Mysterious Writing Of Inca

AncientPages.com | May 10, 2017

AncientPages.com - Two 18th century ‘Collata Quipu’ artifacts preserved in a wooden box by elders of the region located in San Juan de Collata, in the province of Huarochiri, Peru may offer clues