Just outside the city of Masvingo in southern Zimbabwe lie the majestic ruins of Great Zimbabwe—an ancient ... The site’s most iconic structure, a conical tower within the Great Enclosure, is believed ...

Archeologists have determined that the Conical Tower is completely solid; its purpose remains unknown. The Great Enclosure ... The interest in Zimbabwe and the allied ruins should, on this account ...

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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 ...