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Bust of Attila the Hun, Attila's Hill, Kincsem Lovaspark, Hungary.

Bust of Attila the Hun, Attila's Hill, Kincsem Lovaspark, Hungary.

Attila and his Hordes Overrun Italy and the Arts; detail from the library of the Palais Bourbon in Paris.

The map shows the extent of the White Hun empire along with the various rulers as well as the neighboring states.

A coin of the White Huns or Hephthalites depicting King Khingila, 5th century CE. (British Museum, London)

The White Huns were a race of largely nomadic peoples who were a part of the Hunnic tribes of Central Asia. They ruled over an expansive area stretching from the Central Asian lands all the way to the Western Indian Subcontinent. Although...

Mihirakula was a Hun Ruler of India who was known as a tyrant. The tale of Mihirakula is based on the historical research and accounts of travelers.

Maya religious beliefs are formed on the notion that virtually everything in the world contains k'uh, or sacredness. K'uh and k'uhul, similar terms which are used to explain the spirituality of all inanimate and animate things, describe the...

Odoacer (433-493 CE, reigned 476-493 CE) also known as Odovacar, Flavius Odoacer, and Flavius Odovacer, was the first king of Italy. His reign marked the end of the Roman Empire; he deposed the last emperor, Romulus Augustulus, on 4 September...

The Avars were a confederation of heterogeneous (diverse or varied) people consisting of Rouran, Hephthalites, and Turkic-Oghuric races who migrated to the region of the Pontic Grass Steppe (an area corresponding to modern-day Ukraine, Russia...