European Explorers Were Shocked When Great Zimbabwe Wasn't Built by Foreigners

When Europeans reached the stone towers of Great Zimbabwe, they refused to believe what they were seeing. Massive walls rising without mortar. Complex royal enclosures. A trading center connected to gold routes stretching from the interior of Africa to the Indian Ocean. It didn’t fit the story they had been telling the world about Africa.

The political motives behind denying African achievement and the evidence that finally forced the world to accept the truth. Great Zimbabwe wasn’t a mystery built by outsiders. It was a monument to African power, engineering and statecraft.

If you want more stories that challenge old narratives and reveal Africa’s true past, this is one you don’t want to miss.

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