Great Zimbabwe covers 1,779 acres, and the central area comprises three main built-up areas: the Hill Complex, the Great Enclosure and the smaller Valley Ruins.

The ruins of the Great Zimbabwe are said to be the capital of the Queen of Sheba, at least that is what the legend claims. Instead, it is believed that.

Meanwhile, the Valley Complex below housed the area’s underlings from the 14th through 16th centuries. The Hill Complex at the Great Zimbabwe Ruins Photo: DeAgostini / Getty Images.

In a landscape of giant boulders is the ruined town of Great Zimbabwe. It’s part of a kingdom that flourished almost 1,000 years ago, and a bridge to the past.

The structures of Great Zimbabwe. ... The Great Enclosure was built in the 13th century and inhabited until the 15th century, while the Valley Complex was built in the 14th century.

The origins of Great Zimbabwe in Africa trace back to the Gokomere culture, ... It was divided into three architectural complexes: the Hill Complex, the Valley Complex, and the Great Enclosure.

The name Zimbabwe is derived from the Shona "dzimba dzemabwe", meaning houses of stone or stone buildings, today symbolised by the Great Zimbabwe Ruins near the present day town of Masvingo.

Exploring the Great Zimbabwe, the stone remains of an old city that existed some time in 1100CE, abandoned three centuries later, and then rediscovered in the 19th century.

In a landscape of giant boulders is the ruined town of Great Zimbabwe. It's part of a kingdom that flourished almost 1,000 years ago, and a bridge to the past.