Test your knowledge of the Great Wall of China with this quiz! Explore facts about its construction, purpose, length, key ...

Recent DNA analysis from excavations in China, Central Asia, and Hungary has uncovered the origins of the marauding Huns who ...

New linguistic findings show that the European Huns had Paleo-Siberian ancestors and do not, as previously assumed, originate from Turkic-speaking groups. The joint study was conducted by Dr ...

It was therefore assumed that the Xiongnu and the ethnic core of the Huns, whose own westward expansion dates back to the fourth century CE, also spoke a Turkic language.

It was therefore assumed that the Xiongnu and the ethnic core of the Huns, whose own westward expansion dates back to the fourth century CE, also spoke a Turkic language.

Sima Qian was born around 145BCE during the Han dynasty. He was the son of the "grand historian" to the imperial Court. This job included responsibility for astronomical observations, the Court ...

New linguistic analysis by researchers including Dr Simon Fries , Researcher in Comparative Philology in the Faculty of Classics and Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics , University of ...

Their findings, published in the journal Transactions of the Philological Society, suggest that both the European Huns and their Asian ancestors—the Xiongnu—spoke a now nearly extinct language ...

Discoveries give China’s ancient past a future Seals and wooden slips reveal an elaborate and efficient administrative system.

By then, the Han military campaigns against the Xiongnu were already in full swing, culminating in the decisive victory of a young general, Huo Qubing, in 121 BC. Leading his unstoppable troops, he ...