Located 160 km southeast of Yumen Pass, Jiayu Pass marks the western end of the Ming Great Wall. Nearly 80 percent of the ...

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 ...

The 8.5-mile-long wall that surrounds Xi’an, touted as one of the best-preserved walled fortifications in China, could be the next UNESCO World Heritage site.

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

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 ...

Just north of Beijing, you'll find one of the most famous monuments in the world: the Great Wall of China. Although ... costs 40 yuan (about $6) in the winter and spring and 45 yuan (about $6 ...

Insider Tip: The Great Wall was designed for protection, but don’t forget the forts that were another part of China’s defenses. The 16th-century Yaoziyu Fort, for example, is the best preserve ...

Archaeologists in China have discovered a 2,800-year-old fortified wall that predates the country's first emperor. The wall, which runs through a narrow mountain pass in the eastern province of ...

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 ...

The Global Times, among others, said that this pushes back the construction of the Great Wall of China back by 300 years. However, experts that Live Science contacted disputed this. (Live Science ...