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Great Zimbabwe
Meaning "sacred house" in Bantu, it is the largest ancient stone construction south of the Sahara, covering nearly 1,800 acres composed of three distinct sets of ruins known as the Hill Complex, the Valley Complex, and the Great Enclosure.
Built between the 12th and 15th centuries by the ancestors of the Shona, one of Zimbabwe's many Bantu-speaking groups, Great Zimbabwe is made of dry masonry with stones shaped and fitted together with no mortar, but marvelously accurate, resembling the skill of the Inca builders of Peru.
It is believed that at some point the stone complex may have had as many as 18,000 inhabitants.
Some of Great Zimbabwe's walls are over five meters (16.4 feet) high and were constructed without mortar. Eventually the city was abandoned and fell into ruin.
White colonial settlers at one time linked Great Zimbabwe to the source of King Solomon's gold, the fabled city of Ophir.
See King Solomon, Ophir, Great Zimbabwe (African Civilizations), Great Zimbabwe: The Iron Age in South Central Africa, The Mystery of the Great Zimbabwe: A New Solution, The Zimbabwe Culture: Origins and Decline of Southern Zambezian States, The Zimbabwe Culture: Ruins and Reactions, Zimbabwe Monomatapa Culture in Southeast Africa, Encyclopedia of Mysterious Places: The Life and Legends of Ancient Sites Around the World, Mysterious Places, Mysterious Places (The Unexplained Series), Mysterious Places - A Close-Up Look at Lost Cities, Forgotten Ruins, and Other Unexplained Places (Book and Fold Out Map), The World's Most Mysterious Places (The Earth, Its Wonders, Its Secrets), Commanding Spirits, Casting Black Magic Spells, The Chakra Store, The Tarot Store, Divination & Scrying Tools and Supplies, and The Pyramid Collection.
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