British and Iranian archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a 200 kilometre-long wall, the second longest wall in Asia after the Great Wall of China, in northern Iran. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

Through... yes I said through picked by teaya21 2 years ago

Said to rival the great wall itself - the 13 mile long dragon will be covered in 5.6 million scales of jade or gold-coated bronze. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

Tons of information on history of the Great Wall of China, including labor forces, construction material, and much more. picked by donteatpoop 1 year ago

New wall is a relative miniature at 1 meter (3.3 feet) high -- to guard against hordes of pillaging mice. ``The wall is a symbolic gesture to quiet public concern,'' Wen said. ``It's not going to work in the long run.'' picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

Sand storms in northwest China are reducing sections of Great Wall to mounds of dirt and may cause them to disappear in about 20 years, state media said on Wednesday. picked by maxriter 12 months ago

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden, recognized as the world's oldest person, died Monday in a nursing home, the home's administrator said. She was 116.

Bolden had 40 grandchildren, 75 great-grandchildren, 150 great-great-grandchildren, 220 great-great-great grandchildren and 75 great-great-great-great grandchildren. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

A wall mentioned in the Bible's Book of Nehemiah and long sought by archaeologists apparently has been found. A team of archaeologists discovered the wall in Jerusalem's ancient City of David during a rescue attempt on a tower that was in danger of collapse. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

This Japanese climbing wall uses picture frames, conventional holds, mirrors, and a deer’s head as climbing holds. picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

Higher than both the London Eye and the Singapore Flyer, which opens in March, the Beijing Great Wheel will tower 208 metres (682 ft) when finished in 2009. The giant ferris wheel will have 48 air conditioned observation capsules, each of which can carry up to 40 passengers, and on a good day even the Great Wall is expected to be visible in the mountains to Beijing's north. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

This doesn't appear to be a case of "Islamophobia". When translated among the prayers made by the Imam to the Iowa Legislature were statements like: "Victory over those who disbelieve," and "Protection from the great Satan" Those who disbelieve is most of us. Islam has long called America "The Great Satan" picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

The story, I realised, is not a spoof. Eija-Riitta Berliner-Mauer really is Mrs Berlin Wall, and lives with her now retired husband, in the form of various small barbed-wire-topped models of himself, in a village in northern Sweden. picked by doggylives 5 months ago

Firemen say the body, identified as 24-year-old Gordon Wright, was found inside a wall on the third floor of the structure but it was not burnt, so they and Toledo Police are treating it as a crime scene. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

A new species of flying fox or fruit bat has been discovered on an island south of Manila. The orange-coloured bat with a distinctive white-stripped face was discovered in a protected wildlife area on Mindoro Island. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

It was a 3-foot-by-10-foot section of timeworn brick wall, its predictable rows abruptly interrupted by three distinct, deliberate-looking triangular shapes. Once part of a warehouse, it now does nothing but raise questions. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Archaelogists have discovered a more than 2,000-year-old Etruscan tomb perfectly preserved in the hills of Tuscany with a treasure trove of artefacts inside, including urns that hold the remains of about 30 people. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Dutch biologist Marc van Roosmalen has discovered a new species of peccary in the basin of the Rio Aripuanã in the south-eastern Amazon region. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

The group of astronomers have now discovered a system of three super-Earths around a rather normal star, which is slightly less massive than our Sun picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

So Congress passed legislation to build a huge fence, with an unrealistic budget, and unrealistic time-frame and almost everyone saying it's pointless and won't work and NOW it's meeting skepticism.

Doesn't anyone have faith in the Army Corps of Engineers? After all, they're really good at building levees....oh wait. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago