Archaeologists excavating in southern Mongolia have uncovered a mass grave near the Great Wall of China that tells a story of ...

A team of researchers analyzing a 2,100-year-old burial pit in Mongolia has uncovered new details about the fate of Han soldiers stationed on the empire’s frontier. The study based on genetic, ...

An ancient mass grave excavated in southern Mongolia contains the bodies of dismembered Han warriors who fought the nomadic Xiongnu people in the second century B.C., a chemical analysis reveals.

The site includes a 2,100-year-old mass grave containing the dismembered bodies of Han soldiers who fought against the nomadic Xiongnu tribe in the 2nd century BCE. Researchers found a pit ...

This find sheds new light on burial practices and conflicts between the Han Empire and the Xiongnu nomads. Researchers have analyzed a mass grave containing Han skeletons dating back to the 2nd ...

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 ... by the Chinese Han empire hundreds ...

Their discovery in the region attests to Han Dynasty's firm control over Hexi ... Excavated locally, it is believed to have been used by Xiongnu troops for stewing beef and mutton — dishes ...

In 121 BC, Han Dynasty emperor Liu Che sent General Huo Qubing to the western region of the Yellow River to fight Xiongnu nomads in the north. In today's Hexi Corridor, which runs through Wuwei ...

A general called Zhang Qian was sent to the Far West by Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty to make contact with Yuezhi, a nomadic tribe. The emperor feared the Xiongnu people – a group who ...

Zhang Qian who was dispatched by Emperor Wu of Han to establish relations with the tribe of Da Yuezhi was captured by the Xiongnu nomadic enemies of Han and detained in the court for 10 years ...

Research led by Jilin University, China, is providing bioarchaeological evidence on a mass grave at the Bayanbulag site in Mongolia containing the remains of soldiers from the Han-Xiongnu War.