Archaeologists exploring the Jiankou section of China’s Great Wall discovered a large cannon. The cannon, found among a cache of additional weapons, was potentially cast in the late Ming Dynasty ...

Archaeological work at the Jiankou sections of the Great Wall has concluded with groundbreaking findings, including the discovery of a large-caliber cannon from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and ...

Archaeologists have discovered what is believed to be the oldest known section of the Great Wall of China, stretching its origins back some 300 years earlier than previously thought. The remarkable ...

The Great Wall stretches over 13,000 miles across the northern borders of China and was built over centuries by China's emperors to protect their territory. Recent scientific analysis of plant ...

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 ...