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

Known as the Xiongnu, the empire saw conflict with great rival imperial China that resulted in the construction of the Great Wall, parts of which still stand today.

Xiongnu herders in what’s now Mongolia, portrayed in this painting, followed their own rules in building a multiethnic empire and advancing iron-making technology starting around 2,200 years 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 ...

The Xiongnu domesticated the horses, which were native to the steppe, and they also learned to shoot the bow while riding, so they were dangerous at both far and near distance.

The Xiongnu often buried specific ritual objects with their royalty and other aristocrats. Tombs that are deeper tend to have objects of better quality and sophistication. Tombs often contain the ...

The Xiongnu empire was multiethnic on all levels of society — though the study says this varied with social status. Meanwhile, Xiongnu women were a driving force of the empire's multiethnicity, the ...