Architecture is from the Latin word architectura, which is formed from the words for architect.
Follow @TIMENewsfeed. Experts once believed that the Great Wall of China only stood 5,500 miles long, but a new archaeological survey done by Chinaâs State Administration of Cultural Heritage says the Great Wall is more than double than that length. The report, released early June, estimates that the Great Wall extends 13,170 miles long and across 15 provinces.
However, if including all the walls built in different dynasties around China, the total length will exceed 50,000 kilometres.(The precise total length of Great Wall confirmed by the latest research work in 2012 is 21,196.18 km.) The Great Wall is not just a wall.