01 The Incas of ancient Peru

excerpts from insightguides.com in their article 'Peru: A history of the Incas' - a recommended read...

...Peru’s ancient history is filled with the marvels of ancient civilizations that fed multitudes by irrigating deserts, wove textiles so fine they cannot be reproduced even today, and built adobe cities that have survived millennia of earthquakes...

...the quipu, a strand of cord attached to color-coded strings, each carrying a series of knots tied so as to indicate a digital value. The quipucamayocs were the accountants of the empire. Quipus may also have served as a means of sending messages, with certain types of knot being assigned a syllable value, so that a row of knots formed a word...

Tag: Peru | Content: gud2travel.com | Image: Jeremiah Berman | Date: 09-Mar-2021