Excavations at a medieval border garrison in Mongolia are rewriting the history of ancient walls, revealing that the ...

However, new findings suggest its purpose may have been far more complex ... which includes the Great Wall of China, ...

Criterion (vi): The Great Wall has an incomparable symbolic significance in the history of China. Its purpose was to protect China from outside aggression, but also to preserve its culture from the ...

But China makes no secret that its main purpose is to defend the country’s territory along a disputed border. China has built over 50 new villages like it along its western frontiers in recent ...

Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty was the first emperor of ancient China and ruled from 221 B.C. to 210 B.C. He's most ...

A network of trenches, walls and enclosures built across the steppes of China and Mongolia 800 years ago seems to have been ...

Leaning on the parapet the feeling of disllusion wanted. The great wall of China is a wonder, after all, as a monument of human patience. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...