The 8.5-mile-long wall that surrounds Xi’an, touted as one of the best-preserved walled fortifications in China, could be the ...

The oldest known part of the Great Wall of China was recently excavated, dating 300 years earlier than the previous ...

Construction of the Great Wall of China started during the reign of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, who ruled from ...

The Great Wall was built to secure ancient China’s northern borders against ... largest portions of the first walls were constructed around the 7th century BC and joined together under the ...

Two Japanese tourists in their 20s were detained for two weeks in China and then deported for taking photos showing one of ...

“We explore around the wall, surprised to find remains ... experiences traveling to various Great Wall sites. “The Great Wall of China,” In Our Time: BBC radio host Melvyn Bragg discusses ...

Archaeologist have made a major breakthrough, with the discovery of a new section of the Great Wall of China that suggests ... wall grew over this period from around 33 feet to 98 feet.

Just north of Beijing, you'll find one of the most famous monuments in the world: the Great Wall of China. Although it's unlikely you'll see the whole thing, you should aim to experience a portion ...

The Great Wall of China stretches for more than 13,000 miles from Dandong in the east to Lop Lake in the west, along an arc which roughly traces the southern edge of Inner Mongolia. It consists of ...

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Archaeologists in China have discovered a 2,800-year-old fortified wall that predates the country's first emperor. The wall, which runs through a narrow mountain pass in the eastern province of ...