While the ruins of Great Zimbabwe are well-known to scholars and archaeologists, Zimbabwe’s most significant heritage site has yet to make it onto the list of “must-see” places for most of ...

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 ...

First transmitted in 1958, Sir Mortimer Wheeler explores the stone ruins of Great Zimbabwe, once thought to be the source of King Solomon's gold. Show more First transmitted in 1958, Sir Mortimer ...

The ruins of Great Zimbabwe – the capital of the Queen of Sheba, according to an age-old legend – are a unique testimony to the Bantu civilization of the Shona between the 11th and 15th centuries. The ...

Zimbabwe, a landlocked country in Southern Africa, is a nation with a rich history, diverse cultures, and a promising future. Zimbabwe has a complex history that encompasses ancient civilizations, ...

Great Zimbabwe was a city ... more than in all the site's other ruins combined. Garlake believes the Great Enclosure, which encircles a series of smaller stone walls and a Conical Tower shaped ...