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.