Set in stone

Great Wall Of China, showing Sunday May 18th on National Geographic at 9:00pm

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Stretching for thousands of miles, the Great Wall of China is arguably man's greatest building achievement.

We look at the 2,000-year history behind the creation of this vast edifice. Discover the terrible conditions faced by labourers in the 2nd century BC as they built the wall to protect China from northern raiders, and follow the Ming dynasty's attempt to isolate itself from the world by extending the wall to reach the sea.

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