the manager of the World Monuments Fund’s China projects. “The vastness of the structure helps children grasp the great achievements in human history—from the Great Wall to the great ...

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

Did you know the Great Wall of China is over 21,000 kilometers long? It’s about three times longer than we thought. This ...

New research suggests that some sections of the wall were constructed during the Western Zhou dynasty between 1046 and 771 ...

The 8.5-mile-long wall that ... in China, could be the next UNESCO World Heritage site. Millions of people converge on Xi'an every year to learn about the city’s rich history and to see ancient ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters ... built during multiple dynasties. The Great Wall was built to secure ancient China’s northern borders against nomadic groups from ...

Archaeologists in China have discovered a 2,800-year-old fortified wall that predates the country's first emperor. The wall, ...

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 ...

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 wasn’t a single construction project, but rather a series of defensive and border fortifications linked over hundreds of years under the direction of multiple royal ...

The Great Wall was initially built to safeguard ancient China's northern borders. Archaeologists in eastern China have uncovered evidence that some sections of the Great Wall are far older than ...