The Huns were a nomadic people whose sudden and ferocious arrival in the late 4th century sent shockwaves through the ancient world. Known for their lightning-fast cavalry and relentless raids, they ...

After being shrouded in obscurity for a long time, the world's first nomadic empire, the Xiongnu, is finally emerging through meticulous archaeological excavations and new evidence from ancient DNA.

Archaeologists in Yangquan, China, have discovered an octagon-shaped tomb with walls covered in murals that dates back some 700 years, when the descendants of Genghis Khan ruled China. The ...

I think its stretching a little to think Mulan has anything to do with horse nomads. The Tang dynasty (618-907) marked a great increase of female freedoms and the China's only Empress that excised ...

An international team of researchers has found evidence in ancient river sediments that suggest climate change, not a Mongol invasion, ultimately doomed the ancient Transoxania civilization. In their ...

Preface, by S. Hedin.--On the trail of ancient Mongol tunes, by H. Haslund-Christensen.--Preliminary remarks on Mongolian music and instruments, by E. Emsheimer.--Music of eastern Mongolia, collected ...

Long obscured in the shadows of history, the world's first nomadic empire—the Xiongnu—is at last coming into view thanks to painstaking archaeological excavations and new ancient DNA evidence. Arising ...

The Xiongnu, the world's first nomadic empire, is finally emerging from history's shadows. Recent archaeological excavations and ancient DNA evidence are shedding light on this powerful empire that ...