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 ...
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The world’s first nomadic empire – which battled imperial China for centuries – was very genetically diverse and not the “simple body” of people that its Han Chinese rivals long claimed, according to ...
A ceremony is held for the opening of the world's first Xiongnu museum in Hohhot, capital city of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on August 5. [Photo/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The ...
In an age that spawned the ancient Roman and Egyptian empires, Mongolia’s Xiongnu Empire broke the rules of imperial expansion. Long before the Mongol Empire arose, Asia’s first nomadic empire, ...
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Ancient DNA reveals mysterious origins of the Huns who sacked Rome
The origin of the Huns in fourth-century Europe has long been debated, but centuries-old DNA has revealed their diverse backgrounds.
Warrior nomads in Mongolia called the Xiongnu had a taste for the finer things in life, particularly gold jewelry, which they wore to their graves. Archeologists have wondered whether the gold objects ...
Members of the Sino-Mongolia archaeological team Photo: Courtesy of Song Guodong A bird view of the remains of a large building at the center of the Khermen Tal City Site Photo: Courtesy of Song ...
BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- The ruins of an ancient tripartite-city, known as Sanlian City, in midwest Mongolia's Khermental City, demonstrates that the Xiongnu tribe used to perform religious ...
A bird's eye view of the Xiongnu Museum in Hohhot, capital city of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on August 5. The first museum on Xiongnu, otherwise known as the Hun tribes, opened ...
A ceremony is held for the opening of the world's first Xiongnu museum in Hohhot, capital city of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on August 5. [Photo/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The ...
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