The khipu code: the knotty mystery of the Inkas’ 3D records
The khipu code: the knotty mystery of the Inkas’ 3D records The Inka empire (1400-1532 CE) is one of few ancient civilisations that speaks to us in multiple dimensions. Instead of words or pictograms, the Inkas used khipus – knotted string devices – to communicate extraordinarily complex mathematical and narrative information.communicationincakhipuknotlink