RHODESIAN RUINS.
PRINCE ASKS QUESTIONS,
CAPETOWN, July 3,
The Prince has been shooting amidst the wildest surroundings and tile most beautiful country of Central Rhodesia. Yesterday ho visited the mysterious ruins of Zimbabwe, and wondered at the 16ft thickness of the base walls. •The Prince had tea on the site oi the supposed great town, commanded by a fortress, and discussed with the curator tlie origin of these relics of a bygone civilisation, of which not even native tradition can suggest an explanation.
The ruined granite structures at Zimbabwe, erected probably before the Christian era, have since their discovery by Renders in 1868, where no white man had previously trod, been a source of widespread interest. One theory is that the district, in some dim, distant past, wag tho denselypeopled metropolis of a Phoenician or Sabaean colony. Only the structures on the hills and higher elevations remained visible, but excavations have revealed a huge mysterious temple, several villas, an ingeniously constructed hill citadel and signs of a large city buried in the vicinity.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 190, 16 July 1925, Page 4
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