Fully two-fifths of the world’s total mined gold came from this region during the 300-year rule of the kingdom of Zimbabwe. An estimated 600 tonnes of gold was mined here.

In a landscape of giant boulders is the ruined town of Great Zimbabwe. It’s part of a kingdom that flourished almost 1,000 years ago, and a bridge to the past.

The ruins of the Great Zimbabwe are said to be the capital of the Queen of Sheba, at least that is what the legend claims. Instead, it is believed that ...