Prehistoric Eurasian nomads are commonly perceived as horse riding bandits who utilized their mobility and military skill to antagonize ancient civilizations such as the Chinese, Persians, and Greeks.

Nomad.The word’s roots run through the human story back to an early Indo-European word, nomos, which can be translated as “a fixed or bounded area” or a “pasture.”Out of this root-word ...

Skeletons unearthed from graves in southeastern Europe bear the earliest known evidence of horse riding in the archaeological record, new research has revealed.

These ancient nomads made human leather out of their enemies. 2,400 years ago, ... however, has been found across the Eurasian steppe from Ukraine to western China.

In Fall 2012, the Havighurst Center co-sponsored a semester long focus on Eurasian nomads. A musuem exhibit, featuring ancient bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, a semester-long lecture ...