The Great Wall of China is even greater than you’d expect. Some 737 km (438 miles) of the wall, it turns out, were built outside of China, mostly in Mongolia, with some sections also in Russia. Now ...

Hebrew University of Jerusalem archaeologist Professor Gideon Shelach-Lavi led the international research team For the first time ever, researchers have fully mapped the “Genghis Khan’s Wall ...

The Great Wall was listed as a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987. The central government spent more than 500 million yuan (about 81.6 million U.S. dollars) on protecting the wall ...

According to a 2014 survey done by the Great Wall of China Society, only about 8.2% of the Great Wall is in good condition, with 74.1% classified as poorly preserved.

British geographer, conservationist and author William Lindesay has had a lifelong obsession with the Great Wall of China. Three decades ago, he left his home on Merseyside to live near the wall ...