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 Great Wall of China was constructed ... of ancient history. “For us, the question was who built it and why,” he said. “If we think about it, the question of why people build walls ...

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

When people mention 'wall' in relation to China, they usually refer to the Great Wall of China. But do you know there are ...

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

"This archaeological discovery pushes the construction date of the Great Wall back to the Western Zhou period, establishing ...

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 initially built to safeguard ancient ... insights into the wall's rich history. This section is the "earliest known Great Wall in China", said Liu Zheng, a member of the Chinese ...

At such a critical moment in US history ... but a series of fortifications built during multiple dynasties. The Great Wall was built to secure ancient China’s northern borders against nomadic ...

It pushes back the estimated origins of the wall, which is one of the largest manmade structures on Earth, by 300 years. The remarkable find, located in Changqing District, within the capital city ...

Some ancient sections of Great Wall of China in Shandong Province south of Beijing are 300 years older than previously ...

Archaeological excavations in eastern China's Shandong province suggest that some of the oldest sections of the Great Wall were built 300 years earlier than previously thought. Recent digs in the ...