Archaeologists in China have discovered a 2,800-year-old fortified wall that predates the country's first emperor. The wall, ...

The Great Wall of China, an enduring emblem of ancient civilization, stretches across the northern borders, reflecting more ...

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

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

Builders used sticky rice to make the mortar that stuck the bricks together for the Great Wall. It was strong and water-resistant. The Great Wall of China is ... largest man-made project in ...

Constructed over two millennia, the Great Wall of China, one of the Seven Wonders ... The wall was initially made with rammed earth (a construction technique). Emperors came and went, each with ...

Local police in Shanxi province in China said in a statement that a 38-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman were accused of digging through the Great Wall in order to create a shortcut for their ...

The Great Wall of China, facing erosion and natural degradation, finds an unexpected protector in the form of biocrusts. These 'living skins' made up of plants and microorganisms cover 67% of the ...

A study published this month in peer-reviewed journal Science Advances has found that “living skins” are protecting parts of China’s Great Wall from the elements. “Biocrusts Protect the ...