Huge! The Largest Prehistoric Structure South of the Sahara
Nearly 20,000 Shona citizens once animated the 1,800-acre ruins of Great Zimbabwe. Sub-Saharan Africa has many zimbabwes, or stone villages, but this one is by far the most legendary. All that remains from the medieval capital is its awe-inspiring, stony skeleton. But, long after the Kingdom of Zimbabwe’s demise in the 15th century, Great Zimbabwe’s…