Use code JOESCOTT at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/joescott When the Spanish Conquistadors encountered the mighty Inca empire, they found thousands of knotted-up ropes called quipus. Encoded in these quipus were tax records, census data, and the entire history of the Inca empire. But the secret to these ancient computers have been lost to time. Today, scientists are trying to crack the unbreakable code in these strings and bring the history of this great empire back to life. Want to support the channel? Here's how: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Channel Memberships: null T-Shirts & Merch: http://www.answerswithjoe.com/store Check out my 2nd channel, Joe Scott TMI: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqi721JsXlf0wq3Z_cNA_Ew And my podcast channel, Conversations With Joe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJzc7TiJ2nnuyJkUpOZ8RKA You can listen to my podcast, Conversations With Joe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Spotify 👉 https://spoti.fi/37iPGzF Apple Podcasts 👉 https://apple.co/3j94kfq Google Podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/3qZCo1V Interested in getting a Tesla or going solar? Use my referral link and get discounts and perks: https://ts.la/joe74700 Follow me at all my places! Instagram: https://instagram.com/answerswithjoe TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@answerswithjoe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/answerswithjoe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/answerswithjoe LINKS LINKS LINKS https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/apr/15/language-extinct-endangered https://www.iesalc.unesco.org/en/2022/02/21/a-decade-to-prevent-the-disappearance-of-3000-languages/ https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/everything-you-ever-wanted-know-about-rosetta-stone https://sacred-texts.com/egy/trs/trs07.htm http://www.discover-peru.org/who-were-the-incas-where-did-the-incas-come-from/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Inca_Civilization/ https://www.thoughtco.com/introduction-to-quipu-inca-writing-system-172285 https://www.thoughtco.com/introduction-to-quipu-inca-writing-system-172285 https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/08/a-students-mines-voices-from-the-incan-past/ https://www.peruforless.com/blog/quipu/ https://courses.lumenlearning.com/waymakermath4libarts/chapter/inca-and-quipu-numeration-systems/ https://lithub.com/how-the-inca-used-knots-to-tell-stories/ https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/ca/pr/170419 https://www.sapiens.org/language/khipu-andean-writing/ https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2021/06/urton-misconduct https://www.si.edu/stories/why-languages-become-endangered-and-how-we-can-keep-them-alive https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/four-things-happen-when-language-dies-and-one-thing-you-can-do-help-180962188/ https://nebula.tv/how-to-make-a-real-time-history-video/ https://www.omniglot.com/writing/indus.htm https://www.livescience.com/59851-ancient-languages-not-yet-deciphered.html https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_43_2005-01-26.html https://www.roots.gov.sg/en/stories-landing/stories/the-singapore-story-through-60-objects/networks-through-time/singapore-stone/story https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20170719-the-mysterious-origins-of-europes-oldest-language TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 1:48 - The Rosetta Stone 5:47 - History of Quipus 7:11 - Tangent Cam 7:31 - Quipu Creation Date 9:18 - Professor Gary Urton and Manny Medrano 12:36 - How To Read A Quipu 19:14 - Sponsor - Incogni