Did you know the Great Wall of China is over 21,000 kilometers long? It’s about three times longer than we thought. This shows the wall’s history is complex, not just one structure.

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 ...

China has long revered its sacred mountains ... below China's mountains and make up the country's 'underground Great Wall', described by Beijing propagandists as its 'last trump card.' ...

The oldest known part of the Great Wall of China was recently excavated ... which is 641 km (almost 400 mi) long and already the oldest known part of the wall. It took Zhang and his team from ...

Kevin Frayer / Getty Images 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 ...

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 ...

Just north of Beijing, you'll find one of the most famous monuments in the world: the Great Wall of China. Although it's unlikely you'll see the whole thing, you should aim to experience a portion ...

"But this is not a Long Wall, surely nothing on a par with ... Construction of the Great Wall of China started during the reign of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, who ruled from around ...

To connect worlds, one had to protect them. The Han emperors understood this, and the Great Wall was built over 11,000 kilometers to safeguard against those who might disrupt the network of ...