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 ...

Some sections of Great Wall of China in Shandong Province are 300 years older than previously believed, according to recent excavations. Those ancient sections date back to the late Zhou Dynasty ...

The total length of all sections of the Great Wall is approximately 13,171 miles, according to Britannica. This includes every portion that has ever been built, including overlapping sections.

For example, the very oldest section of the wall, unearthed in recent excavations, is made from packed earth and stone and is about 10 meters wide. “Newer” sections, which date from the ...

The earliest sections were constructed in the 7th century B.C. but it was not until the 3rd century B.C. that Qin Shi Huang—the first emperor of a united China—connected a number of existing ...

The Great Wall of China might’ve been able to hold off ancient enemies, but time and weather eventually come for even the sturdiest of constructions. With up to 30 percent of the Ming-era wall ...

Swaths of the Great Wall of China are under siege from erosion. An unlikely “living skin” of organisms, or biocrust, is helping safeguard them.

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 ...

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 ...