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

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 ...

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 Mongolia containing the remains of soldiers from the Han-Xiongnu War. Genetic ...

An ancient mass grave excavated in southern Mongolia contains the bodies of dismembered Han warriors who fought the nomadic Xiongnu people in the second century B.C., a chemical analysis reveals.

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 ...

One dominant theory about Hunnic origin posits that the equestrian warriors originated in what is now Mongolia, during the Xiongnu Empire. They then swept westward toward Europe, pivoted south through ...

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 ...

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 ...

Archaeological excavation at the Shombuuziin Belchir Xiongnu cemetery, Mongolian Altai. The image may only be used in connection with reporting on the article/research by Juhyeon Lee et al. (2023).