MUSEUM

Like most of the major archaeological sites, Great Zimbabwe ruins have been largely looted and most of the objects found during excavations are scattered around the globe. The modest collection that has been preserved is now protected in a small museum, established at the entrance to the site. Tools and weapons can be seen, as well as some objects of oriental origin, proof of the commercial ties that Great Zimbabwe's powerful had, probably through Swahili merchants, not only with India but probably also with China and Persia. Apart from these few vestiges, the main interest of the museum lies in the seven birds (and half!) of soapstone exposed to them: about centimeters tall, these strange creatures became Zimbabwe's emblem and appear on the national flag, as well as on the country's stamps and official stamps. According to avertis avertis, it would be grossièrement eagles. Archaeologists, however, see mythological creatures that may have a function of totem; It is assumed that the volatiles sculptures were used by the rain makers or represented the spirits of the ancestors, according to the Rozvis, the dead turned into birds in order to win the sky.