The Great Wall of China is a huge engineering marvel and a symbol of culture. It stretches for 21,196.18 km (about 13,170.70 ...

The Great Wall of China is an enormous 13,000 miles - or 21,000km - long. It is located in northern China, and the most famous section is Great Wall-Badaling.

Deep in the Gobi Desert in Northwest China’s Gansu province, remnants of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) Great Wall stand firm. One layer of fine sand, plus a layer of reeds or rose willow, tier ...

The UNESCO World Heritage Site was constructed over the course of 2,000 years. It worked as a fortification system to defend ...

At 641 kilometres, The Great Wall of Qi is also the longest section of the Great Wall – though not one that is well known nor ...

The Great Wall of China is one of the world's most famous landmarks, chosen as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World – and a new discovery has just rewritten its history.

Construction on the Great Wall of China is thought to have taken place intermittently over a period of 2,500 years (Picture: AP) In the years that followed, ...

At over 13,170 miles long, one would assume that there would be plenty of space for tourists to visit the Great Wall of China and take a picture without crowds in the background.

Two people have been arrested after attempting to create a shortcut through the Great Wall of China with an excavator.. A 38-year-old man and 55-year-old woman in the Shanxi province were accused ...

The total length of the Great Wall is 21196.18 km and the largest man-made project in the world. It stretches from the east seaside to the west desert in northern China, winding up and down across ...

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

In total, the Great Wall of China took more than 2,000 years to build - between 770 BC and 1633 AD. However, its construction was completed in stages - spanning over several dynasties and leaderships.