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Stone ruins of Great Zimbabwe with a large conical tower, surrounding stone walls, scattered stones, and trees growing above the ancient structure. Great Zimbabwe Great Zimbabwe National Monument Great Zimbabwe Stone walls and the tall, rounded Conical Tower stand among trees inside the Great Enclosure at the Great Zimbabwe ruins in Zimbabwe. Narrow stone pathway curving between two high, ancient stone walls at the Great Zimbabwe Ruins National Monument in Zimbabwe, Africa. Great Zimbabwe Great Zimbabwe complex
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Great Zimbabwe Ruins at Great Zimbabwe, southeastern Zimbabwe.

Great Zimbabwe

historical city, Zimbabwe
Also known as: Great Zimbabwe National Monument, Zimbabwe
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Great Zimbabwe, extensive stone ruins of an African Iron Age city. It lies in southeastern Zimbabwe, about 19 miles (30 km) southeast of Masvingo (formerly Fort Victoria). The central area of ruins extends about 200 acres (80 hectares), making Great Zimbabwe the largest of more than 150 major stone ruins scattered across the countries of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. It is estimated that the central ruins and surrounding valley supported a Shona population of 10,000 to...

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