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 ...

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 ...

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

China’s Great Wall wasn’t built all at once—it was constructed and connected over many centuries. Now, new research suggests the earliest known section of the landmark may be roughly 300 years older ...

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 ...

The Great Wall of China is one of the world's most famous landmarks. And its history just got a whole lot richer after one new discovery by archaeologists exploring the site. Dating back thousands ...

When people mention "wall" in relation to China, they usually refer to the Great Wall of China ... a professor at Yunnan University’s School of History and Archival Studies, explains that city walls ...

These tests helped piece together a more accurate timeline for when construction on China’s Great Wall really began. Turns out, history had an update waiting for us. Until now, experts thought the ...

Let’s have a look at the starting and finishing periods of the Great Wall of China, the reasons to build this enormous construction, and the mastermind behind the project, the first Emperor of China, ...

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