The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China Image by Brian Snelson / CC BY 2.0

Archaeologists have uncovered new portions of the Great Wall in a part of China previously not thought to be along the wall’s map. The nine newly uncovered sections follow a 10-kilometre path through northwest China in Ningxia and Gansu provinces. The remains consist of one-to-five-metre-high compacted mud and are believed to date from the Qin dynasty (221-206 BC). The Great Wall, which is made up of numerous small sections of wall throughout north China, was built over several centuries to deter foreign invaders. Read more: news.xinhuanet.com