Khami Ruins

The National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ ) is Zimbabwe's premier heritage organization established under an Act of Parliament; The National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia Act (1972) which is now called the National Museums and Monuments Act (Chapter 25:11). Restoration of the southern Terraces of Hill Complex at Great ZimbabweThe National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe is working on a project to restore collapsed walls on the southern terraces of the Hill Complex at Great Zimbabwe. The project is being held in collaboration with the Departments of Archaeology at the University of Cape Town (South Africa), University of Zimbabwe and Great Zimbabwe University. The objective of the project is to restore a section of a collapsed wall on the southern terraces of the Hill Complex. The process is carried out by professionally trained conservators who work hand in hand with local stone masons who have vast experience and knowhow in the conservation of the dry stone walled structures at Great Zimbabwe and other sites in southern Africa. In addition to the conservation work, the project team, led by Prof Shadreck Chirikure, Dr Munyaradzi Manyanga and Dr Tawanda Mukwende, is taking advantage of the restoration to systematically collect cultural material