Recent DNA analysis from remains excavated at sites in Hungary's Carpathian Basin has cracked open the mystery of the origins ...

Ancient DNA, combined with the fruits of recent archaeological digs, is spilling the secrets of one of the ancient world’s most powerful political forces.

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 ...

The first of several nomadic empires in Asia, the Xiongnu relied on elite women to diversify its gene pool and access the far reaches of its empire.

Genetic analysis of skeletons in a mass grave in Mongolia has revealed they were soldiers in the Han-Xiongnu Wars more than two millennia ago.

The Xiongnu, contemporaries of Rome and Egypt, built their nomadic empire on the Mongolian steppe 2,000 years ago, emerging as Imperial China’s greatest rival and even inspiring the construction of ...

The Xiongnu Empire had dissolved around 100 CE, leaving a 300-year gap before the appearance of the Huns in Europe.

What makes one a Hun and where did the Huns come from? Historians have long argued these questions about the fierce nomadic fighters who contributed to the fall of the Roman empire and the beginning ...

The Xiongnu, contemporaries of Rome and Egypt, built their nomadic empire on the Mongolian steppe 2,000 years ago, emerging as Imperial China’s greatest rival and even inspiring the construction ...

The Xiongnu was a massive nomadic empire that clashed with Imperial China, leading to construction of the Great Wall. Now, research shows that Xiongnu was powered by high-status women.

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 ...