Modern Chinese and international research using new methods like drones systematically studies the Great wall of China. Its visibility from space is a legend, but its size actually ranks as world's largest monument. It never was a single wall, but a system of several segments, repeatedly altered over time, in successive attempts to prevent invasions from raider tribes, like the Xiongnu, adapted to the terrain, with an elaborate system of garrison towers, advanced tower posts and communication system. Building and manning it proved extremely costly. It failed to prevent the Mongol armies of Genghis Khan annexing China, his great successor Kublai Khan built a wall system to fit his larger empire. After the Ming dynasty finally expelled the Mongols, the 'primitive' walls were replaced by the final stone version, using a brick type solidified with rice starch. While the unprecedented mobilization of means for construction and garrisons crippled the treasury, it proved useless against the ...
大衛(wèi)·田特主演的ITV三集新劇《丹斯發(fā)布首張妝照！田特將飾演名昭著的格蘭連環(huán)手丹尼?尼爾森。集卡司還括杰森·特金斯(《王冠》)、丹尼爾·斯(《好兆頭》)等。該劇根據(jù)萊恩·馬特斯撰寫書籍《為伴殺戮》(Killing For Company)改編，講尼爾森在1978年-1983年期間曾殺15名年輕男子。Luke Neal(第一、二集)與凱利·瓊(第三集)操刀劇本Polly Hill擔(dān)任制作
