"This was an empire with extreme genetic diversity," said Bryan Miller, an archaeologist from the University of Michigan. "To ...

It was the last country in the Americas to abolish the practice in 1888. The Xiongnu Empire formed in Mongolia in the late 3rd century BC and lasted for roughly 300 years. Unlike their ...

Jeong, who wasn’t part of the new research, has studied the Xiongnu, a separate nomadic empire that pushed China to build its Great Wall. The genetic analysis showed that Emperor Wu intermarried ...

Golden icons of the sun and moon, symbols of the Xiongnu, decorating the coffin found in Elite Tomb 64 at the Takhiltiin Khotgor site, Mongolian Altai. The image may only be used in connection ...

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).

It follows the conflicts that defined the pivotal war between the Han Empire and the Xiongnu, and depicts the major victories that the Han scored over the Xiongnu during Emperor Wu's reign.

It was the last country in the Americas to abolish the practice in 1888. The Xiongnu Empire formed in Mongolia in the late 3rd century BC and lasted for roughly 300 years. Unlike their contemporaries ...