Far fewer people alive today are related to Genghis Khan than is commonly believed, according to a new study that upends the ...

Some experts have suggested as many as 1 in 200 men in the world are related to Genghis Khan. But a new genomic study reveals ...

The Mongol Empire holds an important and mysterious place in the history of central Eurasia, and has since piqued the ...

For a long time, we’ve been sold the idea that Genghis Khan, the 13th-century founder of the Mongol Empire, was so phenomenally prolific that one in 200 men alive today carries his exact Y chromosome.

It’s an often-cited factoid that 1 in 200 men (0.5 percent of the world’s male population) can directly trace their ancestry ...

It is an opportunity to take a unique look into the life and trajectory of Genghis Khan and his empire. Marv Wall from the Mulva Cultural Center discusses the current exhibit, titled The ...

Mongol ruler Genghis Khan's words offer a stark lesson. He believed luxury weakens leaders, making them slaves to desire.

Tradition holds that the eldest son of Genghis Khan, ruler of the Mongol Empire, founded the Golden Horde and was buried in Kazakhstan with his descendants. According to a statement released by the ...

In present day Kazakhstan, both local folklore and genetic evidence found buried in royal tombs have shone a light on the ...

The DNA of elites from the Golden Horde reveals roots in Mongolia and direct links to the line of Genghis Khan.

Censorship pressure from Beijing has prompted a French museum to postpone a planned exhibition on Genghis Khan that involved loans from China. The Chinese communist party reportedly insisted that the ...

Hulagu Khan was said to have built a summer residence in the 1260s. Scientists are seen at the archaeological excavation site of what may be Hulagu Khan's palace in Van, Turkiye. Hulagu Khan, a ...