San Cristóbal De Rapaz Journal: High in the Andes, Guardians of an Inca Mystery

Monday, August 16, 2010 - 22:28 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The village of San Cristóbal de Rapaz has one of the last known collections of khipus — strands of knotted cords that may explain how the Incas ruled without a written language — still in ritual use.

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