and is an outstanding example of the superb military architecture, technology and art of ancient China. It embodies unparalleled significance as the national symbol for safeguarding the security of ...

Even walls can evolve. A survey of the oldest section of the Great Wall of China not only bumps back its age by 300 years but ...

Mark Leong/ Redux The Great Wall of China is 4,000 miles long and much ... from history and politics to archaeology and architecture. As a result, some of the monument's most basic facts, from ...

History The Great Wall of China, one of the most remarkable architectural feats in history, was built over two millennia as a defense against invasions and raids. Its earliest sections date back ...