Great Zimbabwe is strategically located near the ... thrived and grew as the centre of a vast gold and ivory trading empire. After its demise in the middle of the 15th century, not much was ...

Mauch was looking at the greatest pre-Portuguese ruins of sub-Saharan Africa. The highest of Great Zimbabwe's walls soar 32 feet above the surrounding savanna. Unfortunately, Mauch, for all his ...

The Kush civilisation empire saved Ancient Egypt from invasion ... The remains of the Great Zimbabwe Kingdom of the 12th century, 240km (149 miles) east of Bulawayo, have been plundered and ...