Arabian Pottery 131 Section of Floors, No. 6 Enclosure 134 South and North Entrances to No. 7 Enclosure, Elliptical Temple 163, 164 North-west Entrance, Elliptical Temple 217 North or Main Entrance, Elliptical Temple 219 West Entrance to Parallel Passage, Elliptical Temple 247 Section of Eastern Temple, Acropolis 324 Plan of Eastern Temple, Acropolis 326 Outspan Ruins 359 Posselt Ruins 367 Philips Ruins 376 Maund Ruins 384 Renders Ruins 387 Mauch Ruins 393 South-east Ruins 397 No. 1 Ruins 401 Ridge Ruins 411 Camp Ruins, No. 1 415 〃 〃 No. 2 418 East Ruins 421 Ruin near Chenga’s Kraal 427 Mapaku Ruins 429 [Illustration: THE LATE MR. THEODORE BENT, F.R.G.S. EXPLORER OF GREAT ZIMBABWE IN 1891, AUTHOR OF “THE RUINED CITIES OF MASHONALAND”] THE VOLUME IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE THEODORE BENT, F.R.G.S. EXPLORER OF GREAT ZIMBABWE, 1891 AND AUTHOR OF “THE RUINED CITIES OF MASHONALAND” PREFACE[1] In preparing this detailed description of the ruins of Great Zimbabwe—the first given to the world in modern times—the author has aimed at permitting the actual ruins themselves to relate their own story of their forgotten past unweighted by any consideration of the many traditions, romances, and theories which—especially during the last decade—have been woven concerning these monuments. The only apology offered for this apparently lengthy Preface is the mention of the fact that the operations at Great Zimbabwe were carried on for six months after the text of this volume had been sent to the publishers in England. The Preface, therefore, thus affords an opportunity of bringing down the results of these operations to a recent date. RUINS’ AREA