The Atlantic has a fascinating deep dive into khipus — long cords that the Inca tied knots into to preserve information. Few ...

An eight-sided Roman ring was recently found in Lincolnshire, England, by Wessex Archaeology staff. The item dates back to ...

BLACKSBURG — Four years’ worth of research on the ancient Inca Road of the Andes led by a Virginia Tech engineering professor will be part of a major Smithsonian Institution exhibit scheduled ...

that of the Inca empire. Instead of writing on clay tablets or papyrus, as other ancient societies did, the Incas recorded information by tying knots into long cords they called khipus.

Obsessed with a treasure city, conquistador Francisco Pizarro captured the Inca emperor Atahualpa ... In addition to jewelry and small decorative items, the treasure included pitchers, pots ...

A recent discovery in the United Kingdom shows that chunky jewelry has always been in fashion – even in Ancient Rome. Wessex Archaeology announced the discovery of the unusual eight-sided ring ...

Steeped in death, conquest, desire, and mystery, the legend of the lost Inca gold is guarded by remote ... as well as "the most incredible jewelry" and "golden vases full of emeralds." ...