In the late 4th century, a powerful nomadic force emerged in Europe, upending the region's political and social order. The ...

Extensive genetic connections existed between the Mongolian steppe and Central Europe during the rule of the Huns. The Huns ...

What makes one a Hun and where did the Huns come from? Historians have long argued these questions about the fierce nomadic fighters who contributed to the fall of the Roman empire and the beginning ...

Far-reaching genetic ties between the Mongolian steppe and Central Europe under Hun ruleA multidisciplinary and international research project has ...

Scholars have long debated whether the Huns were descended from the Xiongnu. In fact, the Xiongnu Empire dissolved around 100 CE, leaving a 300-year gap before the Huns appeared in Europe.

A link between the Huns and Xiongnu was long suspected and now scientists say DNA evidence links the two empires across the ...

An innovative multidisciplinary and international research project has shed new light on the origin and diversity of the populations that inhabited Central Europe between the late 4th and 6th ...

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 of the most feared military leaders of the ancient world, Attila the Hun led the Hunnic Empire from 434 to 453 AD. His enemies called him the “Scourge of God,” and he conducted devastating ...

Scholars have long debated whether the Huns were descended from the Xiongnu. In fact, the Xiongnu Empire dissolved around 100 CE, leaving a 300-year gap before the Huns appeared in Europe.

Ancient genomes reveal trans-Eurasian connections between the European Huns and the Xiongnu Empire. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2025; 122 (9) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2418485122 ...