Mystery of Great Zimbabwe Part 2 | Back to Part 1 Contrite, the BSA hired archeologist David Randall-MacIver, protégé of the great Egyptologist Flinders Petrie, to investigate the site. Hall's ...

Situated upon a wooded granite outcrop close to Great Zimbabwe, this lodge looks out across a valley of low shrubby Msasa trees and over the Great Enclosure of the ancient city.

The ancient city of Great Zimbabwe was an engineering wonder. But archaeologists credited it to Phoenicians, Babylonians, Arabians – anyone but the Africans who actually built it.

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.

The first documented description of Great Zimbabwe comes from the Portuguese captain of the garrison at Sofala in what is now Mozambique.

View from the king’s granite slab of the amphitheatre at Great Zimbabwe and of the Great Enclosure in the middle distance. Photos by Doug Hendrie ...

The archeological remains of Great Zimbabwe are divided in three main zones: the Hill Complex, the Great Enclosure and the Valley Ruins.

The early settlement and building of the Great Zimbabwe Construction of the stone walls started in the 10th century and continued for almost three hundred years before abruptly coming to an end.

The ancient city of Great Zimbabwe was an engineering wonder. But archaeologists credited it to Phoenicians, Babylonians, Arabians – anyone but the Africans who actually built it.

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The Great Enclosure was built in the 13th century and inhabited until the 15th century, while the Valley Complex was built in the 14th century. The entire city seems to have been abandoned ...