The Avars were a Close-Knit Ethnic Group

Excavation works conducted by the Eötvös Loránd University at the Avar-period (6th-9th century AD) cemetery of Rákóczifalva, Hungary, in 2006. © Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary

The aDNA studies of the Avars, a Mongolian people who settled in the Carpathians in the 6th century, continue to yield new and fascinating insights into the formation of close-knit ethnic groups.

Medieval Histories