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Zimbabwe

42 places in the atlas, 8 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.

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Fortified settlements8
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Matabeleland South, Mapela1

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Excavation ongoing13 Partially excavated12 Excavated9 Not applicable6 Buried2

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🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Archaeological wonder

Gokomere

Gokomere is a culture in Zimbabwe, known for its rock art and pottery traditions dating from 200 to 650 BC.

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Archaeological wonder

Matobo National Park

The Matobo National Park forms the core of the Matobo or Matopos Hills, an area of granite kopjes and wooded valleys commencing some 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Bulawayo, southern Zimbabwe.