When the Spanish Conquistadors encountered the mighty Inca empire, they found thousands of knotted-up ropes called quipus.

The quipu is a traditional Andean counting device that uses colored strings and knots in lieu of paper and numbers.

The Ministerial Resolution also includes promotional rates for differentiated entry times to access the Inca citadel. The resolution is signed by the Minister of Culture, Fabricio Valencia. The ...

The University of Georgia introduces QueEn, a large language model designed to bridge communication gaps for Quechua speakers ...

Nearly 500 years after the collapse of the largest empire in the Americas, a single bridge remains from the Inca's extraordinary road system – and it's rewoven every year from grass.

Dec. 16, 2024 — A study is the first-of-its-kind to recognize American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet gestures using computer vision. Researchers developed a custom dataset of 29,820 static images ...

“A formula had to be found to govern that [vast territory], because, of course, there were rebellions everywhere,” he adds. “The Incas managed to establish a certain imperial order, a language. And ...

In the huddled market stalls, sprawling farms and pulsing parties of Viacha, a scrappy town southeast of Bolivia’s capital, it’s typical for women to sport bowler hats, tiered skirts and fringed shawl ...