What happens when crusaders fight for a caliphate? This video tells the remarkable story of Christian warriors who served the Almoravid Caliphate against the Almohads. Set during the height of the ...

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 on the Mongolian steppe 1,500 ...

An ancient Mongolian cemetery was recently excavated ... indicate aristocratic individuals in the Mongol Empire were buried at the site, researchers said. “The dragon on the robe with five ...

rediscovered a collection of artifacts from an ancient burial site dating back to the times of Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire. The artifacts, which include Mongolian arrowheads known as Sryzni ...

Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty was the first emperor of ancient China and ruled from 221 B.C. to 210 B.C. He's most ...

Once the home of the world’s most famous Khan, this ancient city quickly ... Secret History of the Mongols,” not many written accounts from the Mongolian Empire, as told by Mongols, remain.

1125 AD) and the rise of the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan in 1206 AD has historically ... The discovery of this tomb at a site known as “Cluster 27” within the ancient fortified complex of Khar ...

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.

A new study examining ancient DNA has shed new light on the multiethnic structure of Mongolia’s first nomadic empire, the Xiongnu. The research is published in Science Advances. Inhabiting the ...