A network of trenches, walls and enclosures built across the steppes of China and Mongolia 800 years ago seems to have been erected to control the flow of people, perhaps for tax reasons ...

Despite the common myth, the Great Wall of China is not visible from space, according NASA. It would be hard to find with the human eye without high-powered lenses. Just Curious for more?

A new study suggests that the northern section of the Great Wall of China wasn't actually built to as a defense against ...

The Great Wall of China's long legacy. The Ming dynasty built a giant wall stretching 5,000 miles to keep invaders out of China, but how effective was it against the enemy?

The Great Wall of China is one of the oldest, largest, and most celebrated achievements of human ingenuity, but there are still a few things you might not know about China’s ancient landmark. 1.

Constructed over two millennia, the Great Wall of China, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, stands as a testament to Chinese ambition and history. Built by successive dynasties to defend ...

Scientists made the discovery while analyzing segments of the Great Wall of China, which spans more than 13,000 miles (21,000 kilometers) and was built over the course of many centuries, beginning ...

In total, the Great Wall of China took more than 2,000 years to build - between 770 BC and 1633 AD. However, its construction was completed in stages - spanning over several dynasties and leaderships.