Secrets of the Dead, Africa’s Golden City
PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):
Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 10 PM
Thursday, Oct. 15, at 3 AM
Great Zimbabwe was one of the most prominent ancient civilizations of the African continent. Built between the 11th and 15th centuries by ancestors of today’s Shona people, it was the thriving capital of a massive trading empire. But for hundreds of years, Great Zimbabwe was dismissed by European explorers. Now, after half a millennium, new archeological discoveries reveal the true scope of the ancient city’s global importance.
