The discovery’s highlight was a 247-pound cannon from the Ming dynasty, but archaeologists also found remains of crops and ...

A Great Wall excavation in China uncovers the largest known cannon in the Jiankou section and evidence of early cultural ...

Until recently, the only nations to have landed something on Mars were the U.S. and Russia. Of them, the U.S. is the one that managed to keep hardware going over there for long stretches of time, and ...

From the pyramids in Giza to the Colosseum in Rome, there are many architectural marvels that can be found across the globe. Each has its own rich history, with several known as "Wonders of the World.

There is an old Chinese saying that "he who does not visit the Great Wall is not a real man". However, William Lindesay, a British, has changed the saying as "he who does not love the Great Wall is ...

Editor’s Note: Monthly Ticket is a CNN Travel series that spotlights some of the most fascinating topics in the travel world. In September, we’re celebrating superlatives as we look at some of the ...

After unifying China in the 3rd century B.C., the first Emperor of the Qin dynasty turned his fearsome gaze to one of the Middle Kingdom’s perennial problems: marauding nomads from the Central Asian ...