About the site
Khami Ruins, or Khami World Heritage Site, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in southwestern Zimbabwe. This area, which has been inhabited since the Early Stone Age, became an important site for the Torwa State starting around the 10th century A.D. It was several centuries later, however, when the buildings that now constitute the Khami Ruins were first constructed. The structures here were of the same style as those at Great Zimbabwe, which was abandoned at roughly the same time that Khami was established as a settlement. It’s believed that this area was the capital for the Torwa Dynasty from about 1450 to 1683 A.D., when the area was raided by the Rozwi. After this point it was occupied and built on top of by the Rozwi until the late 1830s, when they were displaced by new peoples and the site was abandoned
According to the National History Museum of Zimbabwe, “Khami’s highly decorated stonewall structures are modified from those at Great Zimbabwe and are rather terraced hill faces forming an extensive complex of stonewalled platforms” (source). The complex consists of seven built-up areas that the royal family occupied, with open areas used by commoners in the valleys between them. Archeologists have also found evidence of intense and varied decorations on the structure walls, the remains of cattle huts and other structures used by commoners, and other structures such as cattle areas. The stone walls that make up the ruins were hewn from local granite and were balanced rather than bonded with cement.
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Khami Ruins was added as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986, and is currently managed by the National History Museum of Zimbabwe. Conservation work undertaken by the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe in the early 2000s results in the restoration and stabilization of the walls on several major platforms. Today it is open to the public, and is considered to be an important spiritual site.
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