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Great Zimbabwe

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

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Great Zimbabway Walls

The walls in great zimbabway hold a million granite bricks and weigh something like 15 thousand tons. The city was divided into three areas, the hill complex, the valley enclosures and the great enclosures. At its height, grats and bobway had a population of around 18 thousand people - which would have been pretty bustling for the time.

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