Bumbusi National Monument

Bumbusi is a Zimbabwean archaeological site, surrounded by Hwange National Park, in Western Zimbabwe. It is not often visited because of its remote location and low tourist profile. The remains on the site resemble those of other archaeological sites in the Great Zimbabwe tradition. The Bumbusi National Monument consists of colossal stone walls, boulders, platforms and the ruins of dwellings. Its main structures date from the eighteenth and nineteenth century. Excavations in 2000 revealed the floors of eighteen original dwellings. The site was declared a National Monument in 1946. It was recently added the World Monument Watch of endangered archeological sites because of the threats posed to the sandstone walls by wild animals from the surrounding nature reserve.

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* [http://wmf.org/watch2008/watch.php?id=S7313]