New research suggests that some sections of the wall were constructed during the Western Zhou dynasty between 1046 and 771 B.C.E.

The Great Wall of China may be even older than we once thought. Newly discovered ruins in Shandong province – home to some of its oldest sections – suggest that parts of the grand structure were built 300 years earlier than previously believed.

The oldest section of China's Great Wall discovered in Shandong, reveals a history 300 years older than previously known.

An archaeological breakthrough has shed new light on the age, construction, and function of the Great Wall of China.

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 Shandong,