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?

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 ...

IBM's latest mainframe, the LinuxONE Emperor 5, is not your grandpa's mainframe. Also: AI agent deployments will grow 327% during the next two years. Here's what to do now The Telum II is the ...

(RNS) — History reminds us that when Christianity is captured by empire, it may flourish in power but withers in spirit. (RNS) — At the funeral of Pope Francis, one image stood out: Donald ...

Face your fears and free yourself from old patterns. Sagittarius, the influence of Sapa Inca, the emperor, calls you to exercise your leadership and vision. This is a favorable day to make important ...

Crumbling yellow paint coats the walls. Decades after the conquistadors landed in Peru, four Inca emperors held out here, stirring up rebellion. The explorer Hiram Bingham bushwhacked his way ...

A recent expedition in Ecuador's Llanganates Mountains reignited hope in the centuries-long quest to uncover the lost treasure of Inca Emperor Atahualpa. Led by photographer Jorge Juan Anhalzer ...

and economic systems of the Inca Empire. In 1081, while the Byzantine Empire was mired in a succession crisis, Robert Guiscard, Norman Duke of Apulia-Calabria, sought to take advantage and launched ...