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A building inscription from Milecastle 38 which gives evidence for the building of Hadrian's Wall in Britain that bears his name. The text also mentions Aulus Platorius Nepos, who arrived with the emperor in the province of Britannia in 122...

A photograph taken in March 1944 showing a gun emplacement, part of Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall defences along the coastline of occupied northern Europe. The defences were built in preparation for the Allied landings which came on D-Day...

Mao's Garden at the Great Wall of China. The reflecting pool in the center represents eternity while the flowers in bloom around it symbolize people's lives on earth which appear to make the world beautiful and then fade and die and are replaced...

The North gate arch of Milecastle 37 on Hadrian's Wall near Housesteads Fort.

A digital reconstruction of Milecastle 39, one of numerous forts along Hadrian's Wall. Made by NeoMam Studios and THISISRENDER in collaboration with Expedia. (Republished with permission from NeoMam and THISISRENDER, and in accordance with...

The Gate of the Great Wall of China, begun during the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE).

Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail is an unbroken 84-mile (135 km) signposted footpath stretching coast-to-coast and crossing England from Wallsend in the east to Bowness-on-Solway in the west.

An arched gateway of Hadrian's Wall (c. 122 CE) near Milecastle, Northumbira, UK.

Stairs at the Great Wall of China (built 221BCE - 1664CE).

The inscription "LEG II AVG" is marked both on and below a military standard flanked by a goat and a Pegasus. It records the completion of building work by the 2nd legion Augusta. The Pegasus and Capricorn were the emblems of that legion...