China’s most famous icon, the Great Wall stretches over 21,000 kilometers, winding its way through 15 provinces, 97 prefectures and 404 counties. Here are some of the most stunning spots ...

The discovery piqued the team's interest, and they conducted further analysis. Their finding was exciting: filamentous ...

Among 15 provincial-level regions boasting sections of the wall, Hebei is home to the best-preserved and most iconic sections of the Great Wall.

BEIJING — Western sections of the Great Wall of China are being reduced to "mounds of dirt" by sandstorms and may disappear entirely in 20 years, a report said Wednesday.

Much of the Great Wall of China is covered in a biocrust of lichen, moss and cyanobacteria – it turns out this isn’t slowly destroying the wall, as was previously thought, but is slowing its ...

Test your knowledge of the Great Wall of China with this quiz! Explore facts about its construction, purpose, length, key ...

Then, starting around 220 B.C.E., these sections were connected and expanded to form “a united defense system,” per UNESCO, which has listed the Great Wall as a World Heritage site since 1987.

The Great Wall spans more than 12,000 miles across northern China. Construction of the massive defensive structure—which has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1987—lasted through the ...