"Dismemberment was considered in Han culture the most humiliating way to die. Execution by dismemberment was the most ...

Archaeologists in Mongolia have uncovered a mass grave of Han warriors who fought against the Xiongnu over 2,000 years ago.

Research led by Jilin University, China, is providing bioarchaeological evidence on a mass grave at the Bayanbulag site in ...

Ancient DNA links European Huns to Central Asian nomads Study finds diverse ancestry among Huns, not a single origin Genetic ties connect Huns to Xiongnu elite from Mongolia ...

S.P. The origin of the Huns, who arrived in Europe in the 370s, had previously been linked to the Xiongnu nomadic group of the Mongolian steppe. However, there is little historical and archaeological ...

Researchers found that the group led by Attila the Hun contained a mixture of diverse ancestries, with at least a few related to elites of the Xiongnu Empire Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent In ...

Scientists have discovered a genetic link between the Huns who ravaged Europe in the latter years of the Western Roman Empire and the Xiongnu confederacy that lived on the Mongolian steppe before ...

A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences revealing direct links between the Huns and the Xiongnu Empire of ancient Mongolia. The international research team ...

Some believed they descended from the Xiongnu, a powerful empire in Mongolia, due to similarities in weapons and cultural practices. However, new genetic research solved the mystery of the Huns’ ...

Skull of a woman with skull modification found in a Hun-era burial in Pusztataskony, Hungary, that can be directly linked to Xiongnu elite burials from Mongolia. | Credit: Tamás Hajdu, ...

The origin of the Huns in fourth-century Europe has long been debated, but centuries-old DNA has revealed their diverse ...