Two days ago an announcement was made that construction workers building the foundations of a new bridge over the Danube River in Budapest, Hungary, had uncovered an ancient burial chamber with researchers claiming that it belonged to the infamous Attila the Hun, one of the most feared enemies of the Western and Eastern Roman Empires in the 5th century AD. Word of the disovery quickly spread around the internet, however, it now appears that the story was nothing more than a hoax.

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