Various dynasties worked on the 2,485-mile-long (4,000-km) MWS, such as the Jin dynasty (1115 to 1234 CE), whose empire ...

The Great Wall of China is the best-known strip of fortifications in East Asia, if not the world. But just a few days’ horse ...

A network of trenches, walls and enclosures built across the steppes of China and Mongolia 800 years ago seems to have been ...

The Great Wall of China is part of that list. The extensive structure was built over millennia by various Chinese leaders in order to protect the country from northern invasion, National ...

China has built over 50 new villages like it along its western frontiers in recent years, 12 of them in areas claimed by other countries, an exclusive analysis of satellite imagery found.

The 8.5-mile-long wall that surrounds Xi’an, touted as one of the best-preserved walled fortifications in China ... the 1950s as part of the country’s Great Leap Forward narrative.

From the 7th century to the 3rd century B.C., Chinese dynasties constructed the 13,171-mile-long Great Wall of China ... the U.S. and other energy-intensive countries may similarly construct ...

China passed the Great Wall Protection Ordinance, though the country has struggled to enforce any rules or regulations. Travelers should note that there are fines for taking bricks or other ...

Marina Abramović standing on the Great Wall of China during her collaborative piece with Ulay in 1988 MAM Shanghai / Courtesy of the artist Almost four decades ago, world-renowned performance ...