| After a four hour eastward drive, we visited Zimbabwe's namesake, Great Zimbabwe, ruins of a king's residence dating back
to the 10th century AD. Zimbabwe means "house of stone." The country is literally named after
these ruins at Great Zimbabwe. |
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| The conical tower stands behind me. No one knows exactly why the ancient inhabitants
built this solid stone tower, but this scene is depicted on Zimbabwe currency. |
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| The houses of stone. |
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| Cecil Rhode's grave - Founder of DeBeers (there is no
DeBeers family as we inferred from the DeBeers company marketing), and the namesake
of Rhodesia (the country that was eventually divided into Zimbabwe and Zambia). |