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Inkas

  • How the Inkas governed, thrived and fell without a written alphabet

    How the Inkas governed, thrived and fell without a written alphabet

    Christopher Given-Wilson, The Conversation
    · Nov 26, 2018 · 11:30 pm
  • The Inkas’ knotted ‘khipu’ code is proof of a civilisation far more advanced then we realise

    The Inkas’ knotted ‘khipu’ code is proof of a civilisation far more advanced then we realise

    Manuel Medrano, Aeon Gary Urton, Aeon
    · Jun 25, 2018 · 11:30 pm