T he Great Wall of China is spectacular in terms of its extent—it stretches over 21,000 kilometers or greater than 12,000 ...

The Western Wall, once known as the Wailing Wall, is a remnant of a retaining wall encircling the Temple Mount built by Herod the Great and is the holiest site where Jews can freely pray.

The Western Wall had come to symbolize traditional Judaism’s negative attitudes toward women’s voices in worship. ... the great voice of modern Orthodoxy, at his home in Jerusalem.

In c. 220 B.C., under Qin Shi Huang, sections of earlier fortifications were joined together to form a united defence system against invasions from the north. Construction continued up to the Ming ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest section of the Great Wall of China, which dates back approximately 300 years earlier ...

The Great Wall of China stretches for more than 13,000 miles from Dandong in the east to Lop Lake in the west, along an arc which roughly traces the southern edge of Inner Mongolia.