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Monday, June 18. 2007

Who were the Hunnu (the Huns)?

The huge 1st century BC Hunnu Kingdom, against which the Great Wall of China was a defence, seems to have consisted of Mongols. Attila, too. As a wag commented, hunnu?
Posted by Bird Dog in History at 07:21 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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And, what about the Celts? Some theorists have it that they too migrated down from somewhere in the upper Gobi.

Most recently, there was discovered several well preserved bodies buried alongside what used to be a very isolated outpost on the Silk Route--way out in the desert. The remains are very well preserved and have been identified by their red hair and facial features as being Celtic/Irish. They were either working a trading route, or they were migrating. But that was I believe about 1,000 years before Christ. If you can find info on this please forward--it is very interesting.
#1 apple pie on 2007-06-18 13:42 (Reply)
"you remind me of a man,
What man?
The man with the power
What power?
The power of hunnu*
Hunnu?
You do
I do what?
Remind me of a man .....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBmeOzSzKoY&mode=related&search=

*poetic license
#2 Anonymous on 2007-06-18 13:56 (Reply)
Always likes Cary Grant.
#3 habu on huunu above..well hu nu? on 2007-06-18 13:58 (Reply)
Not sure if this is what you were thinking of AP. But some interesting discussion nonetheless:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/798838/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1684748/posts
http://phdiva.blogspot.com/2006/08/greeks-in-east.html

Link 1 gives general background.
Link 2 is comments with a number of links.
Link 3 is PhDiva, an archaeologist with a POV. I had her in my favorites sometime ago but have not visited in a while. She is pretty interesting I think.
#4 Luther McLeod on 2007-06-18 14:36 (Reply)

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