The Great Enclosure of Great Zimbabwe is the largest pre-colonial structure in the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa. It was a statement of majesty, power, wealth, and architectural genius.

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.

The stone city of Great Zimbabwe is recognised as the largest ancient structure in Sub-Saharan Africa, and its Great Enclosure remains its masterpiece, second only to Egypt’s Great Pyramids as ...

The Great Enclosure wall at the Great Zimbabwe Ruins. Photo: DeAgostini / Getty Images. Great Zimbabwe’s first stones were laid around 900 C.E., and construction lasted 300 years.

The Great Enclosure was built in the 13th century and inhabited until the 15th century, ... Great Zimbabwe’s ruins are important as a symbol of black civilisation.

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.

The outer wall of the Great Enclosure, the apogee of the medieval state known as Great Zimbabwe, is a triumph of engineering. The elliptical structure, 250 metres round, rises 11 metres towards ...

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.