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 ...

Construction continued up to the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), when the Great Wall became the world's largest military structure. Its historic and strategic importance is matched only by its architectural ...

Archaeologists in eastern China’s Shandong Province recently completed an excavation of the Great Wall’s oldest section, which is known as the Qi wall. Between May and December 2024 ...

Archaeologists are gripped by something new about the Great Wall of China, which spans 12,000 miles and was constructed over ...

"The Great Wall impresses everyone who sees it for the first time, from children to adults, from the general tourists to scholars,” says Henry Ng, the manager of the World Monuments Fund’s ...