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But it turns out there’s another, lesser-known system of walls that stretches across parts of China, Mongolia, and Russia—and ...
Learn more about the Mongolian Arc, a section of medieval wall that is changing how we understand the ancient populations of ...
The Great Wall of China is the best-known strip of fortifications in East Asia, if not the world. But just a few days’ horse ...
A network of trenches, walls and enclosures built across the steppes of China and Mongolia 800 years ago seems to have been ...
Various dynasties worked on the 2,485-mile-long (4,000-km) MWS, such as the Jin dynasty (1115 to 1234 CE), whose empire ...
Archaeologists have excavated a medieval frontier garrison in Mongolia, suggesting some monumental walls on the Eurasian ...
AI-generated image. On the Chinese internet, a river crab isn’t just a crustacean. It’s code. River crab are Internet slang ...
New research reveals the Gobi Wall was more than a medieval defense—uncovering its role as a strategic tool of control for ...
A new study sheds new light on one of the least understood segments of medieval Inner Asian infrastructure: the Gobi Wall.
Explore the scientific feasibility of observing the Great Wall of China from the vastness of space.
The 8.5-mile-long wall that surrounds Xi’an, touted as one of the best-preserved walled fortifications in China, could be the ... as part of the country’s Great Leap Forward narrative.
Great Wall of China: The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications in China. They were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as ...