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 Great Zimbabwe National Monument stands as one of southern Africa’s most iconic archaeological sites, a silent witness to a thriving African civilization that flourished between the 11th and 15th ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Just outside the city of Masvingo in southern Zimbabwe lie the majestic ruins of Great Zimbabwe—an ancient city whose stone walls once echoed with the footsteps of kings and merchants. While much ...

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 ...