How can you know what you can't read? A writing system without a key, suspended knots and strings we can't interpret, leaving entire peoples also in suspense to understand their past and stories (researched/written by Diego Licea)

63. Incan Quipu (knotted fiber cords), by c1300

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A look at documents that have had a profound effect on the world. Telling the stories of these information objects, their genesis, contexts, impacts, and fates also tells the story of human society and its never ending evolution.

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63. Incan Quipu (knotted fiber cords), by c1300

63. Incan Quipu (knotted fiber cords), by c1300