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The Inca Empire | Buriolestes / Patagotitan
For June’s edition of The Paleo Post!
#paleoart #art #dinosaurs #incaempire
June 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
czamboni.bsky.social
Enjoy an incredibly fascinating piece on the ongoing attempts to decipher the khipus - the lost Inca (proto) writing system based on knots tied on cords.

(gift article)

#incaempire #khipus #writingsystems #knots

www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
Unraveling the Secrets of the Inca Empire
For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?
www.theatlantic.com
June 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM
nouvart.bsky.social
Doğa Harikalarına Yolculuk: Peru

Yazıyı oku ➡️ tinyurl.com/2x84rmmk

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#peru #machupicchu #incaempire #gezi #travel
January 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
anthropology.net
A coca leaf buried with a sacrificed Inca child just narrowed a 90-year mystery to under 50. New radiocarbon work points to ~1499 CE, the reign of Huayna Capac, not conquest, but imperial maintenance. #IncaEmpire #Archaeology #Radiocarbon www.anthropology.net/p/a-coca-lea...
A Coca Leaf Buried With a Sacrificed Child Just Rewrote a Date in Inca History
What three plants in a 500-year-old burial reveal about why an empire sent a teenager to die on a volcano
www.anthropology.net
June 14, 2026 at 9:04 PM
archaeologynews.bsky.social
Archaeologists uncover sacred Inca pilgrimage routes to volcanic peaks

Archaeologists are exploring the sacred landscapes where the Incas once walked during their Capacocha rituals...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/02/sacr...

#archaeology #anthropology #incaempire #Capacocha #inca
March 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
thanoska.bsky.social
Golden gloom

The night air above Cusco was heavy with incense and the distant hum of the city preparing for Inti Raymi.

theamberquill.wordpress.com/2026/05/26/i...
#Inca #HistoricalFiction #IncaEmpire #Mystery #Crime #ShortStory #ThanosKalamidas
Inca keeper – Golden gloom
The night air above Cusco was heavy with incense and the distant hum of the city preparing for Inti Raymi. Torches flickered along the stone-paved streets, casting restless shadows across the walls…
theamberquill.wordpress.com
May 26, 2026 at 7:00 AM
anthropology.net
CT scans of four Inca children sacrificed ~500 years ago on Andean volcanoes reveal blunt force trauma, possible disease, and a body partially rebuilt with textiles after burial. The ritual didn’t end at death. #Archaeology #Bioarchaeology #IncaEmpire www.anthropology.net/p/ct-scans-o...
CT Scans of Inca Child Sacrifices Reveal New Details About Capacocha Rituals
What happened to four children on Andean peaks 500 years ago, and what their frozen bodies are still telling us
www.anthropology.net
February 23, 2026 at 9:06 PM
dr-beyond.com
#DrBeyond #IncaEmpire #AndeanCosmovision #CapacRaymi #SummerSolstice #Warachikuy #AncientHistory #Peru #SunGod #RiteOfPassage
December 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
anthropology.net
Two 500-year-old freeze-dried potatoes found on Peru's desert coast are rare physical proof of how the Inca moved food across their empire. Chuño was the "bread of the people," and almost none of it survived. #Archaeology #IncaEmpire #FoodHistory www.anthropology.net/p/two-shrive...
Two Shriveled Potatoes and What They Prove About How an Empire Fed Itself
A find from Tambo Viejo shows the Inca moved freeze-dried potatoes from Andean peaks to the Pacific coast, and why that logistics achievement mattered as much as the food itself
www.anthropology.net
June 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
gentlem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
#TheAtlantic
#IncaEmpire
#khipus
Unraveling the Secrets of the Inca Empire
For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?
www.theatlantic.com
May 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
archaeologynews.bsky.social
Human hair khipus reveal Inca record-keeping was used by both elites and commoners
 
A recently studied 500-year-old Inca khipu (Quipu) has overturned assumptions about who created these intricate thread-based documents

More info: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/huma...

#archaeology #khipu #incaempire
September 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
worldhistory.org
🪨 One of the terrace gateways of the Inca Sacsayhuaman fortress-temple complex at Cuzco, Peru. The structure was begun in the reign of Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (1438 - 1471 CE) and completed by his successors.

📷 Photo by Martynas. 

#Inca #IncaEmpire #Cuzco #Peru #Architecture #History #Cusco
December 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
travelgirl24.bsky.social
Is a visit to Peru and Pisac on your to-do list? Mysteries of the Inca Empire at the awe-inspiring Pisac Archaeological Park pique your interest? Explore ancient temples, fortresses, and terraces that stand testament to this once-mighty civilization. #PisacRuins #IncaEmpire #PeruTravel #WWT
December 3, 2024 at 7:29 PM
helencpugh.bsky.social
ATTENTION: New podcast episode!

Head to pod.link/1852510962

Contarhuacho also features in my book Intrepid Dudettes of the Inca Empire.

#inca #womenshistorymonth #incaempire #southamerica #peru #huaylas
March 3, 2026 at 6:45 PM
momentsfeed.bsky.social
Llama in a lofty locale

Llama visits Machu Picchu, a landmark built by its ancestors using llamas as pack animals.

#MachuPicchu #LlamaFacts #IncaEmpire

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July 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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The Inca Empire wasn't just a kingdom—it was a sprawling civilization across the Andes, ruling over 2 million square kilometers from its heart in Peru. #RandomFact #History #IncaEmpire #AncientCivilizations #Peru
January 7, 2026 at 6:52 AM
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@bsky.app The Children of the Sun has done it in the #indigenous #fantasy #ebook category.Please read the book here.I'd love to have your review on #Amazon. Read the #sample. Thank you for your support.https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FJWXDLRP #writingcommunity #richardbranson #IncaEmpire #blueskywriters
August 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
dustcircle.bsky.social
#Ancient #parrot #DNA reveals sophisticated, long-distance #animal #tradenetwork pre-dating the #IncaEmpire

phys.org/news/2026-03...
Ancient parrot DNA reveals sophisticated, long-distance animal trade network pre-dating the Inca Empire
New analysis of ancient parrot DNA has revealed that vibrant Amazonian parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru centuries before the Inca Empire, highlighting a sophisticated pr...
phys.org
March 11, 2026 at 1:57 PM
thanoska.bsky.social
The weight of the sun

The dawn broke over Cusco with a thin, golden light that kissed the terraces of the city.

theamberquill.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/i...
#Inca #HistoricalFiction #IncaEmpire #Mystery #Crime #ShortStory #ThanosKalamidas
Inca keeper – The weight of the sun
The dawn broke over Cusco with a thin, golden light that kissed the terraces of the city. Smoke from cooking fires rose like ghostly serpents into the sky, twisting around the great temples and pal…
theamberquill.wordpress.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
siga.spainculture.us
#PreColumbian #ArtHistory #FoodHistory #Archaeology #MayaCulture #IncaEmpire #Symposium

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September 11, 2026 at 2:10 PM
dailybaltic.com
Inca bones confirm smallpox reached the Americas with Europeans #ancientDNA #IncaEmpire #smallpox
Inca bones confirm smallpox reached the Americas with Europeans
Smallpox genomes recovered from mummified remains in northern Chile provide the oldest molecular evidence of the disease in the Americas and support the historical view that European explorers and colonists brought the devastating pathogen to the New World, ERR reported. The remains were found in…
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August 3, 2026 at 11:45 AM
jenniferauh.bsky.social
#IncaEmpire,[a] officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu pronounced [taˈwantiŋ ˈsuju], lit. 'land of four parts
#IncaEmpire,[a] officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu pronounced [taˈwantiŋ ˈsuju], lit. 'land of four parts
July 20, 2026 at 4:23 AM
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#IncaEmpire,[a] officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu pronounced [taˈwantiŋ ˈsuju], lit. 'land of four parts
#IncaEmpire,[a] officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu pronounced [taˈwantiŋ ˈsuju], lit. 'land of four parts
July 20, 2026 at 4:04 AM
jenniferauh.bsky.social
#IncaEmpire,[a] officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu pronounced [taˈwantiŋ ˈsuju], lit. 'land of four parts'
#IncaEmpire,[a] officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu pronounced [taˈwantiŋ ˈsuju], lit. 'land of four parts'
July 20, 2026 at 3:48 AM
jenniferauh.bsky.social
#IncaEmpire,[a] officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu pronounced [taˈwantiŋ ˈsuju], lit. 'land of four parts'
#IncaEmpire,[a] officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu pronounced [taˈwantiŋ ˈsuju], lit. 'land of four parts'
July 20, 2026 at 3:30 AM