In late nineteenth-century Russia, an archaeological expedition devoted to the burial of nomadic peoples was launched, during which many Groups of Hun tombs were discovered in the Transbaikal region of Russia and the Mongolian province of Selenge. However, due to the backwardness of archaeological technology at that time, those Russian archaeologists only carried out simple excavations of these tombs, until after the collapse of the Soviet Union, archaeologists from various countries went to the border between Russia and Mongolia to excavate the Xiongnu tombs here.
Huns
In the summer of 1896, the Russian archaeologist Tarik Greencevich discovered a large group of tombs in the Irimova Valley of the Transbaikal region, and after more than a week of excavation, members of the archaeological team found the remains of more than a dozen ancient humans in a grave pit in the center of the tomb group. After careful study of the tomb, Tariq judged that the owner of the tomb was a Hun nobleman from two thousand years ago, while the other remains were the wife of the owner and other family members.
Due to the backwardness of technology and the tight time constraints at that time, Tariq did not continue to excavate other graves in the Irimova Valley, and after naming the tomb group the Sudzhini Necropolis, he continued south to continue excavations in the Selenge region on the border between Russia and Mongolia.
Transbaikal region
On the left bank of the Jeddah River in the Selenge region, Tarik discovered the famous Drestui tomb complex, a massive Group of Huns that was later excavated into more than two hundred and sixty ancient Hun cemeteries. During the excavation of the Drestui tomb complex, Tariq found more Hun remains, among which,
Tariq found a strange phenomenon, these Hun remains are like the remains excavated in the Sudzhini cemetery, the heads of the remains are all facing east, as if someone deliberately placed them in this way.
This strange phenomenon puzzled Tariq, because of the lack of information at that time, people did not understand the customs of the ancient Huns, and Tariq did not explain this phenomenon in his own books, he only described the phenomenon of the huns' remains all heading east.
Hun relics excavated from the Drestui tomb group
By the end of the twentieth century, due to the rise of steppe archaeology, archaeologists from all over the world went to the border between Russia and Mongolia to excavate the tombs found here in Tariq, and during this period, more than 500 Xiongnu cemeteries reappeared and a large number of Hun relics were excavated. Archaeologists involved in the archaeology also found problems that Tariq had not explained, and they also found that the remains of the tomb were all facing east, and even the remains of those who were martyrs were facing east.
Later, the Russian archaeologist Segerry explained the phenomenon of the Head facing east of the Xiongnu tomb remains after going through the history books, and he wrote in his paper:
"Almost all The tombs of the Huns have the phenomenon of the head facing east, which is related to the special custom of the Huns, and in the Hun tribes two thousand years ago, the custom of sun worship has always been popular, and the Huns believe that the head of the deceased will be redeemed in the direction of the rising sun."
Sacrifices of the Huns
In the "Chronicle of the Xiongnu", it is also recorded that "the Xiongnu went out of the camp in the dynasty and worshiped the sun at the beginning of life", and in some Chinese history books, it has also been described that the Huns held activities to sacrifice the sun.
And the world's sun worship has five major birthplaces, namely China, India, Egypt, Greece and Maya,
The Huns have had extensive exchanges with the inhabitants of the Central Plains Han Dynasty in history, perhaps influenced by the inhabitants of the Ancient Central Plains, which has led to the addition of the custom of sun worship to the tradition of the Huns, and from their birth to death, the tradition of sun worship has always influenced them.