Though the Spanish destroyed many quipus, some chose to study them. Inca Garcilaso de la Vega was the son of a conquistador and an Incan prince, and acted as an intermediary between the two peoples.

The quipu is a traditional Andean counting device that uses colored strings and knots in lieu of paper and numbers. ... An Inca quipu attached to a wooden frame (1430-1532 B.C.E.).

For years, scientists have worked to chart the universe’s massive structure, aiming to test key models of cosmology. These ...

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

Quipu has the same mass as a staggering 200,000,000,000,000,000 copies of the sun, ... Quipu was named after the knotted cords used as recording devices by the Inca Empire and other South American ...

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 ...

The newfound structure is dubbed Quipu after an Incan system of counting and storing numbers using knots on cords.. Like a Quipu cord, the structure is complex, made up of one long filament and ...

Astronomers have found the largest structure in the universe so far, named Quipu after an Incan measuring system. It contains a shocking 200 quadrillion solar masses.