An aerial drone photo taken on July 21, 2025 shows a view of the Yumuling section of the Great Wall in Qianxi County, north China's Hebei Province. (Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua) A ...

China’s Great Wall has been pierced by Genghis Khan, the Manchus, and now, allegedly, a couple of construction workers named Zheng and Wang who wanted a shortcut.

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This photo taken Aug. 31, 2023, by Youyu Police shows what appears to be a path cutting through a section of the ancient Great Wall in northern China's Shanxi province.

Police learned of the damage to the Great Wall on Aug. 24 after they received a report about a large gap. A preliminary investigation concluded that the wall had been dug out with heavy machinery.

The 49-year-old amateur archaeologist is searching for the remains of the Great Wall, which was mainly built on mountain ridges across northern China using rammed earth, stones and bricks.