One of the innumerable legends surrounding the construction of the Great Wall of China tells of a workman who estimated that he would need 99,999 bricks to construct a section of the wall now known as ...

The Great Wall of China is spectacular in terms of its extent—it stretches over 21,000 kilometers or greater than 12,000 ...

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 – ...

The oldest known part of the Great Wall of China was recently excavated, dating 300 years earlier than the previous record-holding section. This new find is part of the larger oldest part of the Great ...

Archaeologists in China have discovered a 2,800-year-old fortified wall that predates the country's first emperor. The wall, which runs through a narrow mountain pass in the eastern province of ...

Practically everyone has heard about the Great Wall of China, but the iconic monument is not the only massive frontier in northern East Asia. An international team of researchers has surveyed a ...

Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire. Ancient Chinese people developed their own writing system and several famous ...

Originally published under title: China, Korea, and Japan : the rise of civilization in East Asia. 1993. Also published under title: Rise of civilization in East Asia : the archaeology of China, Korea ...