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This Inca Building—the Only Surviving Structure of Its Kind—Might Have Been Designed to Amplify Sound and Music

The Peruvian town of Huaytará is home to a 15th-century Inca building that’s unusually simple for the civilization, which is known for its intricate architecture, like the structures seen across Machu ...
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The Inca world : ancient people and places ; art, architecture, religion, everyday life, culture ; the native civilizations of the Andes and South America explored in 500 ...

ANTH copy 39088019656784 gift from Paul R. Julian. Introduction -- Discovering the Incas and their predecessors -- Native and Spanish sources -- Explorers and the first archaeologists -- 20th-century ...
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The Inca May Have Invented the World’s First Computer System—600 Years Ago

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Inca never built a world of silicon chips or copper-wired circuits, and the high-speed hardware of modern times was something they simply didn’t ...
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Hidden Urban System of Roads, Terraces, and Structures Discovered in Sacsayhuamán, Redefining the Origins of the Inca Empire’s Capital

The polygonal walls of Sacsayhuamán. A close-up of the imposing stone walls with their perfectly interlocking blocks, a testament to the advanced construction techniques of Inca architecture. Credit: ...