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This mentions the professor Upton and his database but left out interesting story about the undergrad student who deciphered one for one correspondence between
by stevenwoo 5y ago
This mentions the professor Upton and his database but left out interesting story about the undergrad student who deciphered one for one correspondence between khipu and Spanish records and helped compile the database. The fact that most khipu were destroyed by the Spanish is a terrible loss.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23931972-600-we-thought-the-incas-couldnt-write-these-knots-change-everything/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23931972-600-we-thoug...
- 29athrowaway 5y agoThey also got rid of everyone that spoke Qhapac Simi, creating another unsolvable historic mystery.