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Table of Contents

Оглавление

LIST OF PLATES

LIST OF DIAGRAMS AND PLANS IN THE TEXT

PREFACE

RUINS’ AREA

BURIAL-PLACES OF THE OLD COLONISTS

ABSENCE OF INSCRIPTIONS

TWO PERIODS OF GOLD MANUFACTURE

NORTH ENTRANCE

PARALLEL PASSAGE

SACRED ENCLOSURE

PLATFORM AREA

ENCLOSURES 6, 7, AND 10

CENTRAL AREA

SUMMIT OF MAIN EAST WALL

PROBABLE AGES OF THE WALLS OF THE ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE

WEST WALL CONTROVERSY

WRITER’S CONCLUSIONS

DESTRUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL WEST WALL

WESTERN TEMPLE

A ZIMBABWE REVIVAL

PRESERVATION OF RUINS

PLAN OF ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE

INTRODUCTION BY A. H. KEANE, LL.D.

CHAPTER I ARRIVAL AT GREAT ZIMBABWE

CHAPTER II MYSTIC ZIMBABWE

MIDNIGHT IN AN ANCIENT TEMPLE

THE ACROPOLIS AT SUNSET

CHAPTER III A DAY AT HAVILAH CAMP, ZIMBABWE

CHAPTER IV ZIMBABWE DISTRICT

CHIPO-POPO FALLS

FROND GLEN

LUMBO ROCKS

MORGENSTER (“MORNING STAR”) MISSION

WUWULI

MOJEJÈJE, OR “MYSTIC BAR”

SUKU DINGLE

BINGURA’S KRAAL

MOTUMI’S KRAAL

CHIBFUKO

CHIPADZI’S KRAAL

MAPAKU, OR “LITTLE ZIMBABWE”

SCHLICHTER GORGE

CHICAGOMBONI HILL (NINI DISTRICT)

A JAUNT ALONG THE ZIMBABWE AND MOTELEKWE ANCIENT ROAD

SOME OF THE DENIZENS OF THE ZIMBABWE DISTRICT

CHAPTER V ZIMBABWE NATIVES

1. NATIVES AND RUINS

2. LOCAL NATIVES (GENERAL)

CHAPTER VI RELICS AND “FINDS” AT GREAT ZIMBABWE, 1902–4 WITH DESCRIPTIONS, LOCATIONS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

1. SOAPSTONE ARTICLES

2. GOLD ARTICLES

3. COPPER ARTICLES

4. IRON ARTICLES

5. BRASS ARTICLES

6. FOREIGN STONES

7. BEADS

8. WHORLS

9. GLASS POTTERY AND CHINA

10. A MEDIÆVAL ARAB TRADING STATION

DEGREE OF DURABILITY OF WALLS

DILAPIDATIONS

OTHER WALLS NOT ANCIENT

REMAINS OF NATIVE HUTS FOUND IN THE RUINS

PASSAGES

ENTRANCES AND BUTTRESSES

CAUSE OF DILAPIDATION TO ENTRANCE BUTTRESSES

DRAINS IN ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE

DRAINS AT ACROPOLIS RUINS

DRAINS IN VALLEY OF RUINS

THE BATTERING OF WALLS

MONOLITHS

SOAPSTONE MONOLITHS AND BEAMS

NUMBER OF MONOLITHS STILL MORE OR LESS ERECT

SLATE AND GRANITE BEAMS.

CEMENT DADOES

BUILT-UP CREVICES

HOLES IN WALLS OTHER THAN DRAINS

BLIND STEPS AND PLATFORMS

ANCIENT WALLS AT A DISTANCE FROM ANY MAIN RUINS ARE OF A LESS SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION

CEMENT

ANCIENTS AND CAVES AND ROCK HOLES

CHAPTER IX THE ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE

CONSTRUCTION

MEASUREMENTS OF MAIN WALL

SUMMIT OF MAIN WALL

FOUNDATION

CHEVRON PATTERN

GROUND SURFACE OF EXTERIOR OF MAIN WALL

CHAPTER X THE ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE (Continued)

NORTH-WEST ENTRANCE

THE NORTH ENTRANCE

WESTERN ENTRANCE

CHAPTER XI THE ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE (Continued)

NO. 1 ENCLOSURE

NO. 2 ENCLOSURE

NO. 3 ENCLOSURE

NO. 4 ENCLOSURE

NO. 5 ENCLOSURE

NO. 6 ENCLOSURE

NO. 7 ENCLOSURE

CHAPTER XII THE ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE

NO. 8 THE SACRED ENCLOSURE

THE CONICAL TOWER

THE SMALL TOWER

THE PARALLEL PASSAGE

CHAPTER XIII THE ELLIPTICAL TEMPLE (Continued)

8a. THE PLATFORM

NO. 9 ENCLOSURE

NO. 10 ENCLOSURE

SOUTH APPROACH TO NO. 10 ENCLOSURE

NO. 11 ENCLOSURE

NO. 12 ENCLOSURE

NO. 13 ENCLOSURE

NO. 14 ENCLOSURE

NO. 15 ENCLOSURE

CENTRAL AREA

PLATFORM AREA

INNER PARALLEL PASSAGE

SOUTH PASSAGE

WEST PASSAGE

NORTH-EAST PASSAGE

OUTER PARALLEL PASSAGE

CHAPTER XIV THE ACROPOLIS RUINS

SOUTH-EAST ANCIENT ASCENT

(a) THE LOWER PARAPET

(b) THE ROCK PASSAGE

(c) THE HIGHER PARAPET

WESTERN ENCLOSURE

CHAPTER XV THE ACROPOLIS RUINS (Continued)

CHAPTER XVI THE ACROPOLIS RUINS (Continued)

PLATFORM ENCLOSURE

CLEFT ROCK ENCLOSURE

THE PLATFORM

BALCONY WALL

LITTLE ENCLOSURE

THE WINDING STAIRS

UPPER PASSAGE

EAST PASSAGE

BUTTRESS PASSAGE

SOUTH ENCLOSURE A

SOUTH CAVE

SOUTH PASSAGE

SOUTH ENCLOSURE B

SOUTH ENCLOSURE C

CENTRAL PASSAGE

CHAPTER XVII THE ACROPOLIS RUINS (Continued)

THE EASTERN TEMPLE

THE ANCIENT BALCONY

BALCONY ENCLOSURE

BALCONY CAVE

GOLD FURNACE ENCLOSURE

UPPER GOLD FURNACE ENCLOSURE

PATTERN PASSAGE

RECESS ENCLOSURE

NORTH PLATEAU

NORTH PARAPET

CHAPTER XVIII THE ACROPOLIS RUINS (Continued)

NORTH-WEST ANCIENT ASCENT

THE WATER GATE RUINS

TERRACED ENCLOSURES ON NORTH-WEST FACE OF ZIMBABWE HILL

SOUTH TERRACE

THE “OUTSPAN RUINS”

CHAPTER XIX “THE VALLEY OF RUINS”

POSSELT RUINS

SECTION A OF POSSELT RUINS

POSSELT RUINS. SECTION B

PHILIPS RUINS

MAUND RUINS

RENDERS RUINS

MAUCH RUINS

SOUTH-EAST RUINS

CHAPTER XX “THE VALLEY OF RUINS” (Continued)

NO. 1 RUINS

RIDGE RUINS

CAMP RUINS NO. 1

CAMP RUIN NO. 2

CHAPTER XXI RUINS NEAR ZIMBABWE

EAST RUINS

OTHER RUINS WITHIN THE ZIMBABWE RUINS’ AREA

RUIN NEAR CHENGA’S KRAAL

CHENGA’S AND MADAVID PATH RUINS

MAPAKU, OR “LITTLE ZIMBABWE” RUINS

APPENDIX

INDEX

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