HUN (XIONGNU/HUNNU) HISTORY: Most of our people heard about the European Huns, the Asians Huns and eventually about the White Huns ( Ephthalites)... But did you ever heard about the AL HUNS (Red Huns) ? The Founder King of the AL HUN Dynasty (also called Alchons, Alkhans, Alxon, Alkhon) was Khingila I (c.430 - 490 CE). The AL HUN (Red Hun) Empire was the second of four major Hun states established in Central and South Asia during the 4th and 6th centuries CE. Below are coins of the AL HUN Empire

Why did the Huns, a conquering tribe of warriors who overran the Asian front of the Roman Empire, elongate the heads of their children? The answer was tribal allegiance–a physical marker of their social identity. The brand-new Secrets: Riddle of the Roman Skulls airs tonight at 8 PM. | Smithsonian Channel