This week, it's the Race Across the World finale on BBC One, with the competitors battling to reach the finish line first.

I wrote a story about transcending cultural boundaries through football. Now it’s a major Chinese motion picture—with a very different message.

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 famous as the longest wall in the world. But it has its own myths that need breaking. Do you know the truth about the Great Wall of China? Trump budget proposes closing ...

This newly found wall "is, of course, not 'the Great Wall of China,'" Gideon Shelach-Lavi, a professor of Asian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, told Live Science in an email.

Archaeologists recently excavated an area of the Great Wall known as the Qi wall in China's Shandong Province. Kevin Frayer / Getty Images China’s Great Wall wasn’t built all at once—it was ...

The Great Wall was initially built to safeguard ancient China's northern borders. Archaeologists in eastern China have uncovered evidence that some sections of the Great Wall are far older than ...

Archaeologist have made a major breakthrough, with the discovery of a new section of the Great Wall of China that suggests the structure is 300 years older than previously thought. Thanks to high ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Great Wall of China wasn’t a single construction project, but ...

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. It consists of ...

This undated photo by Duan Jiujun shows the Jinshanling section of the Great Wall in Luanping county, North China's Hebei province. [Photo/Xinhua] SHIJIAZHUANG — Visitors to the Jinshanling ...

China will need to maintain this Great Green Wall by continually planting more trees to keep the blowing sands at bay.