Ancient Athens had its own "Great Wall" like China's, built to stop raids during the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC).

It's a prospect that doesn't bother Ding. "The Great Wall was built for war," he says. "What's it good for now?" A week later and a thousand miles away in Shandong Province, I stare at a section ...

"The Great Wall impresses everyone who sees it for the ... he pretends he’s in a battle, stuffing snow into the cannon and throwing snowballs over the edge at imaginary foes.” ...

The 158 battle platforms in the Gold Mountain section of the Great Wall were designed in a great variety of shapes-square, circular, oval and multi-cornered. Their interiors are constructed of ...

The most massive structure in the Universe, the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, challenges cosmological models with its ...

At Simatai, a two-hour drive from Beijing, there's an access point to the Great Wall, in north Miyun County. Three years ago, I hiked a dirt trail from this site's long-deserted turnstile entrance ...

Starring global superstar Matt Damon and directed by one of the most breathtaking visual stylists of our time, Zhang Yimou (Hero, House of Flying Daggers), The Great Wall tells the story of an ...

Construction continued up to the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), when the Great Wall became the world's largest military structure. Its historic and strategic importance is matched only by its architectural ...

Just north of Beijing, you'll find one of the most famous monuments in the world: the Great Wall of China. Although it's unlikely you'll see the whole thing, you should aim to experience a portion ...