The Incas had a system of accounting that relied on the quipu. Cords of various colours were attached to a main cord with knots. The number and position of knots as well as the colour of each cord ...

The superstructure "Quipu," recently identified, spans 1.3 billion light-years, challenging our understanding of the ...

Researchers say they've discovered the largest known object in the universe, a galactic superstructure called Quipu.

A preprint is available on the arXiv server. Quipu was named after the knotted cords used as recording devices by the Inca Empire and other South American cultures. It resembles those cords ...

Scientists have discovered Quipu, the largest structure in the universe. Made up of multiple galaxy clusters, this structure creates a vast cosmic superstructure that spans 1.3 billion light years.

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 ...

The name Quipu was borrowed from a counting system from the ancient Incan Empire that involved knotted ropes, similar to the structure of Quipu (just swap out ropes for massive galaxies ...

A quipu is an ancient recording device used by Andean civilizations, and particularly the Incas. It consists of a series of colored strings of various lengths, with knots tied in different positions.

Composition and Structure: The structure consists of galaxy filaments connected in a pattern similar to cosmic "threads," much like how Inca Quipu cords were arranged. It is made up of galaxy ...

Many cultures used abaci or something similar (such as the Inca quipu). We chose to build two abaci from different cultures in order to compare them: the Russian (Schoty) abacus and the Japanese ...