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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 09:43 AM
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Experts 'decipher' Inca strings
Researchers in the US believe they have come closer to solving a centuries-old mystery - by deciphering knotted string used by the ancient Incas.

Experts say one bunch of knots appears to identify a city, marking the first intelligible word from the extinct South American civilisation.

The coloured, knotted pieces of string, known as khipu, are believed to have been used for accounting information.

The researchers say the finding could unlock the meaning of other khipu.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4143968.stm
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H5N1 Donating Member (777 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 10:05 AM
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1. Very confusing method they have there. I am not impressed.
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GregW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-05 10:11 AM
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2. Sounds like some sort of "string theory" to me ...
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