According to a report by the Beijing Times, China’s Great Wall is now about a third smaller than it once was.
Construction on China’s Great Wall began in the 3rd century BC and was expanded significantly by the Ming Dynasty between 1368 and 1644.
In the years since, however, its size has been slowly deteriorating.
According to a report by the Beijing Times, a survey performed by the Great Wall of China Society revealed the sprawling site is now about a third smaller than it once was.
Depending upon whether it's measured in terms of individual pieces or total span, the structure now stretches around 6,000 to 13,000 miles.
Of that, more than 700 miles of the wall are in extremely poor shape.
Primary causes for the decline were identified as the