[Great Zimbabwe Reserve]7
[Section of Floors, No. 15 Enclosure]103
[Arabian Glass]128
[Arabian Pottery]131
[Section of Floors, No. 6 Enclosure]134
[South and North Entrances to No. 7 Enclosure, Elliptical Temple]163, 164
[North-west Entrance, Elliptical Temple]217
[North or Main Entrance, Elliptical Temple]219
[West Entrance to Parallel Passage, Elliptical Temple]247
[Section of Eastern Temple, Acropolis]324
[Plan of Eastern Temple, Acropolis]326
[Outspan Ruins]359
[Posselt Ruins]367
[Philips Ruins]376
[Maund Ruins]384
[Renders Ruins]387
[Mauch Ruins]393
[South-east Ruins]397
[No. 1 Ruins]401
[Ridge Ruins]411
[Camp Ruins, No. 1]415
[ 〃 〃 No. 2]418
[East Ruins]421
[Ruin near Chenga’s Kraal]427
[Mapaku Ruins]429

THE LATE MR. THEODORE BENT, F.R.G.S.

EXPLORER OF GREAT ZIMBABWE IN 1891, AUTHOR OF “THE RUINED CITIES OF MASHONALAND”

THE VOLUME IS DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE LATE THEODORE BENT, F.R.G.S.
EXPLORER OF GREAT ZIMBABWE, 1891
AND AUTHOR OF
“THE RUINED CITIES OF MASHONALAND”

PREFACE[1]

IN preparing this detailed description of the ruins of Great Zimbabwe—the first given to the world in modern times—the author has aimed at permitting the actual ruins themselves to relate their own story of their forgotten past unweighted by any consideration of the many traditions, romances, and theories which—especially during the last decade—have been woven concerning these monuments.