Along the L.A. River, history reveals itself through paintings of figures and events dating from prehistoric times to the 1950s on The Great Wall of Los Angeles. The more-than-half-mile-long mural ...

Archaeologists recently excavated an area of the Great Wall known as the Qi wall in China's Shandong Province. Kevin Frayer / Getty Images China’s Great Wall wasn’t built all at once—it was ...

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The Jiayuguan Great Wall was built long ago for military defense and continues to safeguard the Hexi Corridor's historical legacy in today's Gansu province. [Photo by ERIK NILSSON/CHINA DAILY] His ...

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Rammed earth portions of the Great Wall of China — built by compressing natural materials with soils — have been regarded as a weak point in its structure. But these swaths of the iconic landmark ...

After unifying China in the 3rd century B.C., the first Emperor of the Qin dynasty turned his fearsome gaze to one of the Middle Kingdom’s perennial problems: marauding nomads from the Central Asian ...

Each year about this time I eagerly anticipate a new Montblanc High Artistry limited edition writing instrument collection, the brand’s annual opportunity to really show off its multi-layered ...

Africa’s “Great Green Wall” initiative is a proposed 8,000-kilometer line of trees meant to hold back the Sahara from expanding southward. New climate simulations looking to both the region’s past and ...

The Oscar-winning actor told Marc Maron he knew the 2016 film was in big trouble during production. By Ryan Parker Former Senior Reporter “She just likes giving me shit,” said Damon, who stars in the ...

For centuries, humans have marveled at structures that seem to defy logic, with the Great Wall of China and the Pyramids of Giza often topping the list of landmarks visible from space. Yet, in the ...