Archaeologists have discovered the earliest section of the Great Wall of China, dating around 300 years earlier than ...

The Great Wall of China wasn’t a single construction project, but rather a series of defensive and border fortifications ...

An archaeological breakthrough has shed new light on the age, construction, and function of the Great Wall of China.

the stone sentry actually consists of many great walls, some dating back to the fifth century B.C. The first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, ordered these earlier long wall sections linked and ...

During the Han Dynasty (206 BC- AD 220) Which followed the Qin, in addition to making ... and is known throughout the world as the Great Wall of China. Setting out from Beijing, the most popular ...

He mobilized more than 300,000 people over a period of a dozen years to build the Great Wall, which stretches for 5,000 km in northern China. Qin Shi Huang had the work on his enormous mausoleum ...

The oldest section of China's Great Wall discovered in Shandong, reveals a history 300 years older than previously known.

Workers digging a well outside the city of Xi'an, China ... version of the Great Wall. According to writings of court historian Siam Qian during the following Han dynasty, Qin ordered the ...

Excavation in Guangli village uncovers walls dating to the Zhou Dynasty, revealing the oldest known section of the Great Wall ...

220 B.C., under Qin Shi Huang, sections of earlier fortifications were joined together to form a united defence system against invasions from the north. Construction continued up to the Ming dynasty .