🐦🌽 We often think of ancient empires being built on gold or military might, but the Chincha Kingdom of #Peru thrived on bird #poop.

New #research shows these coastal people used nitrogen-rich seabird guano to supercharge their corn harvests 800 years ago, creating a wealthy society so successful that the #Inca Empire eventually integrated them without a single battle.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/bird-poop-chincha-kingdom-south-america/

💁🏻‍♀️✨ Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/thomas-edison-lab-west-orange

#archaeology #science #history #wildlife #agriculture #nature #ecology

Les cooperatives i l'Economia Social tenim un gran poder de canvi: més igualtat, més democràcia, més sostenibilitat, més justícia...

Dijous 18.30 h aquesta taula rodona a #Inca fa bona pinta. Jo hi aniré. M'acompanyes?

#Coop #Coops #Cooperativa #Cooperatives #EconomiaSocial #ESS #ASETT #Mondragon @albizuri_inigo @reasbalears @mercatsocial.bsky.social #UCTAIB

🧶📜 Centuries before Google Sheets, the #Inca used a complex system of knotted strings called khipus to manage their empire.

These "portable archives" tracked everything from farm inventories to historical stories using a code of colors, positions, and knot types.

👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/02/discover-khipu-the-ancient-incan-record-writing-system-made-entirely-of-knots.html

#science #history #archaeology #technology #tech #data #Peru

💀🌿 Centuries before the American Civil War, Incan surgeons were performing skull surgery with survival rates as high as 83%. For comparison, #CivilWar-era trepanation survival rates hovered around 50%.

The secret? Centuries of refined technique and the use of natural, plant-derived antiseptics.

👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/01/how-the-incas-performed-skull-surgery-more-successfully-than-u-s-civil-war-doctors.html

#history #medicine #archaeology #Inca #science #STEM #technology #tech #ancient #health

Pre-Incan ruins at Marcahuamachuco, Peru

RE: https://mastodon.online/@helenpugh/115973239707894597

Transcript:

With this second husband, she had three children, but before long he became abusive. So we can see that so far, Quispe has lived a rollercoaster life and she would never have thought that all this would happen when she was born as an Inca princes when the Inca Empire was still functioning. In terms of the abuse, the historian Stuart Stirling goes so far as to refer to Ampuero as "psychopathic".

#podcast #genderrights #witches #witchcraft #witch #peru #peruvian #inca #incan

For more, check out my podcast episode Witchcraft in Peru! Head to patreon.com/helenpugh

My podcast is inspired by my research of women throughout history for my books, which include Unsung Women in Somerset, On This Day in Somerset, Jungle-tastic Tales and Inca-tastic Tales. There are women from England, South America and from all across the world.

#podcast #newpodcast #podcastepisode #genderrights #witches #witchcraft #witch #peru #peruvian #inca #incan

Abandoned Inca construction project at Aramu Muru, Peru

Check out my podcast episode Wondrous Composers! Head to patreon.com/HelenPugh

My podcast is inspired by my research of women throughout history for my books. There are women from England, South America and from all across the world.

Question: Have you ever read a book about a composer?

#podcast #pachamama #inca #southamerica #newpodcast #podcastepisode #composers #kassia #stkassiani #classicalmusic #music

Check out my podcast episode Wondrous Goddesses in Song! Head to patreon.com/HelenPugh

My podcast is inspired by my research of women throughout history for my books, which include Unsung Women in Somerset, On This Day in Somerset, Jungle-tastic Tales and Inca-tastic Tales. There are women from England, South America and from all across the world.

#podcast #pachamama #inca #southamerica #newpodcast #podcastepisode #goddesses

A female huntress with an atlatl in the Andes

Updated: 72 hours in Peru is an intense, life-changing whirlwind! 🇵🇪

From legendary origins of Manco Cápac to misty heights of Machu Picchu, we navigated ancient Incan history and modern political unrest to bring you this guide. Experience the magic of the Sacred Valley, the "711 DIMA" hillside of Urubamba, and the spiritual energy of the Apus. 🏔️✨

Ready for an Andean adventure? Read our full 72-hour journey here:

https://thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com/2023/01/72-hours-in-peru-land-of-inca-cusco.html

#Peru #Travel #MachuPicchu #Cusco #VagabondCouple #Inca

the #inca network of roads and bridges covered over 20,000 miles and connected all of the empire territoried all of the empire to the capital city of #Cuzco

Inca Stone Masonry

https://www.earthasweknowit.com/pages/inca_construction

#HackerNews #Inca #Stone #Masonry #IncaArchitecture #AncientCivilization #Stonework #HistoryOfConstruction