China’s other great wall is impressive, too—and steeped in history
The 8.5-mile-long wall that surrounds Xi’an, touted as one of the best-preserved walled fortifications in China, could be the ...
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The Great Wall Of China is Much Older Than We Thought
Some ancient sections of Great Wall of China in Shandong Province south of Beijing are 300 years older than previously ...
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Archaeologists Uncovered the Oldest Section of the Great Wall of China Yet
The oldest known part of the Great Wall of China was recently excavated, dating 300 years earlier than the previous ...
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Fortifications older than the Great Wall of China discovered in Chinese mountain pass
Archaeologists in China have discovered a 2,800-year-old fortified wall that predates the country's first emperor. The wall, ...
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Discover China's History Along the Great Wall
“We explore around the wall, surprised to find remains ... experiences traveling to various Great Wall sites. “The Great Wall of China,” In Our Time: BBC radio host Melvyn Bragg discusses ...
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Great Wall of China may be centuries older than previously thought
The Great Wall was built to secure ancient China’s northern borders against ... largest portions of the first walls were constructed around the 7th century BC and joined together under the ...
New archaeological discoveries in Shandong push back Great Wall origin by 300 years
The newly unearthed ruins in the Changqing district of Jinan, East China's Shandong Province, reveal that the earliest known ...
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Great Wall of China is even OLDER than we thought, scientists say
The Great Wall of China stretches for more than 13,000 miles from Dandong in the east to Lop Lake in the west, along an arc which roughly traces the southern edge of Inner Mongolia. It consists of ...
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The Great Wall Of China Is 300 Years Older Than We Thought
A new section of the Great Wall of China was discovered in the nation's Shandong Province, and it suggests that the structure is 300 years older than previously thought. This section dates back to the ...
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The Great Wall of China is 300 years older than we thought
The Great Wall of China wasn’t a single construction project ... have pushed back the engineering marvel’s start date by around 300 years. The excavation project took place between May ...