They may even date back further, to the late Western Zhou Dynasty, of between 1046 and 771 BCE. The Great Wall of China stretches for more than 13,000 miles from Dandong in the east to Lop Lake in ...

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 ...

China’s city walls. When people mention 'wall' in the context of China, it is generally assumed to refer to the mammoth structure known as the Great Wall of China.But there are dozens, if not ...

The oldest known part of the Great Wall of China was recently excavated, dating 300 years earlier than the previous record-holding section. This new find is part of the larger oldest part of the ...

The Great Wall of China may be even older than we once thought. Newly discovered ruins in Shandong province – home to some of its oldest sections – suggest that parts of the grand structure ...

The Great Wall spans more than 12,000 miles across northern China. Construction of the massive defensive structure—which has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1987—lasted through the ...