Ancient Engineering That Defied Time The Great Wall stretches over 13,000 miles across the northern borders of China and was ...

List of maps and illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on romanization and pronunciation -- Note on names -- Introduction: Who made the Great Wall of China? -- Why walls? -- Long wall -- Han Walls: ...

It’s the weekend of the mid-autumn festival in Xi’an, and all roads seem to lead to the south gate of the city's wall. In China’s central province of Shaanxi, Xi’an is primarily known for the museum ...

One of the innumerable legends surrounding the construction of the Great Wall of China tells of a workman who estimated that he would need 99,999 bricks to construct a section of the wall now known as ...

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 Great ...

With its commanding presence and timeless silhouette, the Great Wall of China — winding over mountains and through valleys — ...

The Great Wall of China continues to fascinate the world, thousands of years after construction on the massive bulwark first began. This architectural wonder is a historic reminder of what humanity ...

Archaeologists recently excavated an area of the Great Wall known as the Qi wall in China's Shandong Province. Kevin Frayer / Getty Images China’s Great Wall wasn’t built all at once—it was ...

In early June, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage announced that it now believes the Great Wall is a stunning 13,171 miles long, if you put all of the discovered portions end to end. That's ...

Two thousand years old and still standing strong. From above, the Great Wall of China stretches like a living thread through mountains and mist, a masterpiece of endurance and imagination. It is the ...