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It is very well known that the “Inka space” was a sacred space in which directions, places, monuments, springs and so on all had a sacred content. In recent years, new insights into this complex cosmographic view have been obtained with the study of the socalled Cusco ceque system. Further, new insights have been obtained in the field of Inkan astronomical lore, with the identification of Inkan dark cloud constellations of the Milky Way. Giulio Magli proposes possible new connections between the Inka view of the sky, the Inka system of notation of numbers and dates called Khipus, and the sacred landscape of the capital of the empire.
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Magli, G. Mathematics, Astronomy and Sacred Landscape in the Inka Heartland. Nexus Netw J 7, 22–32 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-005-0021-3
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