the manager of the World Monuments Fund’s China projects. “The vastness of the structure helps children grasp the great achievements in human history—from the Great Wall to the great ...

Ordinarily I might have paused to catch my breath, but hiking up to the Great Wall of China is never ... part of the very geography of China, of Asia, of the world, and even beyond.

Construction continued up to the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), when the Great Wall became the world's largest military structure ... civilizations and nomadic civilizations in ancient China. It provides ...