Long before colonization, the people of Peru kept track of important information using a mysterious coding system of strings and knots called a quipu.

Is it possible to understand the Universe without understanding the largest structures that reside in it? In principle, not ...

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

If a flawed family-friendly movie can kindle the audience’s curiosity in pre-Columbian civilizations, that’s a net positive.

Quipu was named after the knotted cords used as recording devices by the Inca Empire and other South American cultures. It resembles those cords, with one long main filament off which branches ...

Named after the Incan system of knotted cords used for recording data, Quipu stretches 1.3 billion light-years across—more than 13,000 times the length of the Milky Way.

The superstructure "Quipu," recently identified, spans 1.3 billion light-years, challenging our understanding of the distribution of matter in space. This discovery, resulting from a study published ...

Newly discovered Quipu, a superstructure in which galaxies group together in clusters and clusters of clusters, is the largest known structure in the universe in terms of length, scientists claim.

An Inca quipu (khipu) used for storing data with a system of knots. 15th century CE. Larco Museum, Lima. Credit: Claus Ableiter (CC BY-SA) An Inca quipu (khipu) used for storing data with a system ...