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Machu Picchu at the last kiss of light over the Andes.

A lock of hair may have just changed what we know about life in the Incan Empire

Source: npr

Khipu, a system of record-keeping invented by the Inca Empire, uses a series of knots tied into fiber to record information. Learn more about khipus and what they can tell us about Incan society.

This entry was posted in Coming to America and tagged Culture & Society, History on September 1, 2025 by molly.

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