An aerial drone photo taken on June 21, 2025 shows the Tianshengcheng section of the Great Wall in Guyang County, north China ...

A stone carving that some scholars believe dates back more than 2,200 years and could carry major cultural significance has ...

For generations, a popular belief has held that the Great Wall of China is the only human-made marvel visible from space. But ...

Around 2,200 years ago, ancient China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, began connecting many small walls to build the now-famous Great Wall of China. It eventually became over 13,000 miles (20,000 ...

Successive dynasties expanded the wall system; the best-known sections were built by the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). The total length of the Great Wall is 21196.18 km and the largest man-made ...

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 ...

Archaeological excavations in eastern China's Shandong province suggest that some of the oldest sections of the Great Wall were built 300 years earlier than previously thought.. Recent digs in the ...

Archaeologists have unearthed what is believed to be the earliest section of the Great Wall of China. It pushes back the estimated origins of the wall by 300 years.

During the Han dynasty, (between 202 B.C.E. and 220 C.E.) the Great Wall was extended to protect the Silk Road trade. The Ming dynasty is known for not only extending the Great Wall, but also ...

Qin Gang: It's a great honor for me to be Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the United States of America. Kate Linebaugh: Standing between Chinese and American flags, Qin made his ...