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Bumbusi National Monument

Location of Site: Matabeleland, Zimbabwe
Date of Significance: Prehistoric and 18th-9th Centuries
Years on Watch List: 2008
Primary Threats: Wild animals, Fragility of Construction materials

The Bumbusi National Monument comprises the remains of colossal sandstone walls, boulders, platforms, and dwellings dating to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as well as much older rock art.

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