New research suggests that some sections of the wall were constructed during the Western Zhou dynasty between 1046 and 771 ...

“As an emblematic rammed earth structure ... Next, learn more about why the Great Wall of China was built. Then, read the story of Qin Shi Huang, the emperor largely credited with setting ...

The Great Wall of China wasn’t a single construction project, but rather a series of defensive and border fortifications ...

The newly unearthed ruins in the Changqing district of Jinan, East China's Shandong Province, reveal that the earliest known ...

Chinese archaeologists from Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan Province have unveiled the earliest and largest known ...

It pushes back the estimated origins of the wall, which is one of the largest manmade structures on Earth, by 300 years ... 1046 and 771 BCE. The Great Wall of China stretches for more than ...

Archaeologists have discovered the earliest section of the Great Wall of China ... particularly the State of Chu. Made from rammed earth, stone, and other locally available materials, it reflects ...

The Great Wall was initially ... includes wall segments from China's Spring and Autumn Period (770–476 BCE)—a time when Confucius himself walked the earth, Independent reported.

Archaeologists have discovered what is believed to be the oldest known section of the Great Wall of China, stretching ... Constructed from rammed earth, stone, and other materials, the wall ...

"The Great Wall impresses everyone who sees it for the first time, from children to adults, from the general tourists to scholars,” says Henry Ng, the manager of the World Monuments Fund’s ...