The oldest archaeological site in Hungary is Vértesszőlős, where palaeolithic Oldowan pebble tools and an early human fossil nicknamed "Samu" (a 350,000-year-old Homo Erectus) were discovered in 1965.
After Hunnish rule faded in the 6th century AD, the Germanic Ostrogoths, Lombards and Slavs came to Pannonia, whereas the Gepids had a presence in the eastern part of the Carpathian Basin for about 100 years.