The recent structuralist model of the social organization at Great Zimbabwe, proposed by Thomas Huffman, is critically examined in the light of new chronological data. Architectural histories of the ...

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Contrite, the BSA hired archeologist David Randall-MacIver, protégé of the great Egyptologist Flinders Petrie, to investigate the site. Hall's polar opposite in almost every way, Randall-MacIver ...

Great Zimbabwe is a World Heritage site located in the central plateau of Zimbabwe. It is 27 km southeast of the city of Masvingo which happens to be the oldest town in Zimbabwe. Great Zimbabwe is a ...

The ruins of the Great Zimbabwe are said to be the capital of the Queen of Sheba, at least that is what the legend claims. Instead, it is believed that members of the Gokomere culture, ancient ...

The silent, weathered stones of the Great Wall of China and the majestic, mortarless granite enclosures of Great Zimbabwe ...

Wars were fought, art and architecture proliferated, dynasties reigned, and in turn, they were overthrown. While the ruins of Great Zimbabwe are well-known to scholars and archaeologists, Zimbabwe’s ...

IN the hills of the southeastern corner of Zimbabwe, near Lake Mutirikwi and the town of Masvingo, a great city of stone rises out of the ground and dominates the landscape. In its heyday, this city ...

Legend has it that this was once a playground for the giants – and for visitors gazing over this steep hill in southern Zimbabwe it’s easy to understand why. Spread around in every direction, great ...

One of the most extraordinary man-made complexes ever built in Africa was made for a woman, although on this misty morning, the kingdom pretty much belongs to me. "Where else can you have a UNESCO ...