A team of researchers analyzing a 2,100-year-old burial pit in Mongolia has uncovered new details about the fate of Han ...

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.

Researchers found that the group led by Attila the Hun contained a mixture of diverse ancestries, with at least a few related ...

Members of the fierce nomadic warrior force may have absorbed European DNA during their westward march.

DNA analysis shows European Huns had genetic links to Central Asia, revealing a complex history of migration and mixing.

Extensive genetic connections existed between the Mongolian steppe and Central Europe during the rule of the Huns. The Huns ...

A link between the Huns and Xiongnu was long suspected and now scientists say DNA evidence links the two empires across the ...

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 ...

Scholars have long debated whether the Huns were descended from the Xiongnu. In fact, the Xiongnu Empire dissolved around 100 CE, leaving a 300-year gap before the Huns appeared in Europe.

Scholars have long debated whether the Huns were descended from the Xiongnu. In fact, the Xiongnu Empire dissolved around 100 CE, leaving a 300-year gap before the Huns appeared in Europe.

Excavation of the Xiongnu Elite Tomb 64 containing a high status aristocratic woman at the site of Takhiltiin Khotgor, Mongolian Altai. The image may only be used in connection with reporting on ...

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