Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire.

iStock The Great Wall is an extensive series of defensive ... of the superb military architecture, technology and art of ancient China." Previously, archaeologists have found hundreds of stone ...

An ancient poem predicts the construction ... resulted in the fall of the Ming dynasty. China’s celebration of the Great Wall as a tourist draw and landmark is a relatively recent phenomenon ...

It’s a crucial part of the Great Wall, an extraordinary defensive project in ancient China, as well as an important pass of the Ming Great Wall. As a significant outpost of the Juyong Pass ...

but also to protect the beginnings of the Silk Road—a trade route with branches that spread from China through the Middle East and all the way to ancient Rome. The Great Wall took two millennia ...