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The view from Great Zimbabwe's Hilltop Complex
 

THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATION OF GREAT ZIMBABWE


A mysterious tower in the Great Enclosure

The great and mysterious kingdom of Great Zimbabwe flourished between the 12th and 15th centuries. The impressive ruins of this once thriving city (an important World Heritage Site) represent the largest stone structure in Africa south of Egypt's pyramids, and will astound visitors with their sheer scale and grandeur. Although it is clear that this was a great African civilization, researchers understand very little about its origins and decline, and not much at all about the people who lived here - no human remains have ever been found in close proximity to Great Zimbabwe. This sense of mystery lends the immense ruined city a very romantic air, and one can't help but speculate, while wandering through this fascinating complex, if only the great stone walls could speak, what secrets they could tell!


A passageway in the Great Enclosure

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