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 ...

The oldest known part of the Great Wall of China was recently excavated, dating 300 years earlier than the previous ...

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

the Great Wall was initially built to safeguard ancient China's northern borders against nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe. Historical records indicate that the construction of this UNESCO ...

Measuring over 21,000 kilometers, the Great Wall was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987 and is one of the most admired monuments worldwide. In 2007, after a public contest ...

The Great Wall was built to secure ancient China’s northern borders against nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe. Historical records suggest the construction of the Unesco World Heritage ...

The newly unearthed section of the wall is part of the Great Wall of Qi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the earliest and longest section of the structure. It is roughly 400 miles in length ...

UNESCO reports. It was built to protect China from nomadic groups that lived north of China. When he started construction of the Great Wall, the first emperor made use of earlier walls built by ...

The Qi Great Wall is both the earliest and longest segment of China’s, extending about 400 miles across central Shandong, from Changqing in the west to the coast of Qingdao in the east. It is ...

On the occasion of St. Patrick’s Day, and the visit of Minister for Housing ,to Beijing last Monday. Beijing extended a warm ...

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 ...

1994 18BUR VIB - Great Wall; Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties ... of any opinion whatsoever of the World Heritage Committee or of the Secretariat of UNESCO concerning the history or ...