We began building stone walls about 10,000 years ago when farming began and ways were needed to divide farms and keep sheep in.
The phase "The writing's on the wall" is biblical—in the book of Daniel, a hand appears at a king's feast and writes a message on a wall.
The Great Wall of China is more than 2,300 years old and more than 13,170 miles long. It was built over several thousands of years with several sections being built as early as the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) and the Warring States Period (475-221 BC). After the Qin Dynasty (221BC - 206BC), the construction of the Great Wall became a huge project. The building of the wall of Northern Qi (550-557), starting from Xiakou to Hengzhou, used 1,800,000 laborers. A section of Sui's (581 - 618) wall in Inner Mongolia required more than 1,000,000 men to build.
When the Romans built a 21ft-(6.5 metes) high wall around Londinium (London), the capital of Roman Britain, they used 86,000 tonnes of stone in the construction.
The Roman emperor Hadrian initiated the construction of Hadrian's Wall, which marked the northern limit of Britannia to keep out the Picts and the Scots. Hadrian's Wall was 72 miles (116 kms) long and up to 20ft (6 metres) high. It took six years to build, starting in AD122.
The Chester city walls form the most complete circuit of Roman and medieval defensive town walls in Britain.
The phase "The writing's on the wall" is biblical—in the book of Daniel, a hand appears at a king's feast and writes a message on a wall.
The Great Wall of China is more than 2,300 years old and more than 13,170 miles long. It was built over several thousands of years with several sections being built as early as the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) and the Warring States Period (475-221 BC). After the Qin Dynasty (221BC - 206BC), the construction of the Great Wall became a huge project. The building of the wall of Northern Qi (550-557), starting from Xiakou to Hengzhou, used 1,800,000 laborers. A section of Sui's (581 - 618) wall in Inner Mongolia required more than 1,000,000 men to build.
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When the Romans built a 21ft-(6.5 metes) high wall around Londinium (London), the capital of Roman Britain, they used 86,000 tonnes of stone in the construction.
The Roman emperor Hadrian initiated the construction of Hadrian's Wall, which marked the northern limit of Britannia to keep out the Picts and the Scots. Hadrian's Wall was 72 miles (116 kms) long and up to 20ft (6 metres) high. It took six years to build, starting in AD122.
The Chester city walls form the most complete circuit of Roman and medieval defensive town walls in Britain.
New York City's Wall Street got its name in because in 1653, Dutch settlers built an earthen wall on the land where Wall Street would eventually be formed in order to repel potential English invaders.
In 1961 the Soviet zone of Berlin was sealed off by the Russians, and a wall was built along the zonal boundary. The Berlin Wall divided the city until it was opened in November 1989. The concrete segment of the Berlin Wall was 66 miles (106 kms) long and nearly 12 feet (3.5 metres) high.
The world's tallest climbing wall is the 121ft (37 metres) Excalibur in Groningen, the Netherlands.
The longest wall in history is not the Chinese one, but the wall in Benin. The Walls of Benin had a length of over 9,900 miles (16,000 km) (four times longer than the Wall of China), until their destruction by the British in 1897. Building it consumed a hundred times more material than the Great Pyramid of Cheops.
The Walls of Ston in Croatia are the longest preserved fortification system in the world after the Great Wall of China.
A nook is a small corner formed by two walls; an alcove or recess, forming a hidden or secluded spot. A cranny, by comparison, is small, narrow opening, fissure, or crevice in a wall, or other substance.
Source Daily Express
In 1961 the Soviet zone of Berlin was sealed off by the Russians, and a wall was built along the zonal boundary. The Berlin Wall divided the city until it was opened in November 1989. The concrete segment of the Berlin Wall was 66 miles (106 kms) long and nearly 12 feet (3.5 metres) high.
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| This image was taken in 1986 by Thierry Noir at Bethaniendamm in Berlin-Kreuzberg. |
The world's tallest climbing wall is the 121ft (37 metres) Excalibur in Groningen, the Netherlands.
The longest wall in history is not the Chinese one, but the wall in Benin. The Walls of Benin had a length of over 9,900 miles (16,000 km) (four times longer than the Wall of China), until their destruction by the British in 1897. Building it consumed a hundred times more material than the Great Pyramid of Cheops.
The Walls of Ston in Croatia are the longest preserved fortification system in the world after the Great Wall of China.
A nook is a small corner formed by two walls; an alcove or recess, forming a hidden or secluded spot. A cranny, by comparison, is small, narrow opening, fissure, or crevice in a wall, or other substance.
Source Daily Express
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