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It’s as if we’re witnessing the rise of the walled cities in Neal Stephenson’s novel The Diamond Age, where neo-Victorians live in isolated, nanotech splendor while other people live in cardboard ...

Since ancient times, humans have built walls to safeguard their homes and communities from attack. While many famous fortified cities such as Jericho and Troy have crumbled over time, plenty of ...

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The middle Yangtze River valley of China was home to 20 or so Neolithic earthen walled towns dated between 6000 and 4200 cal BP, which is very rare in East Asia. Many scholars consider these walled ...

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