Rare Gabon burial cave sheds light on little known period in African history

Re:Rare Gabon burial cave sheds light on little known period... by mmsimanga on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @01:46PM (#22619282)

I once toured a stone ruin site[0] where my grandmother was born. It is now a national park. They were moved out about 80-90 years ago. My oldest uncle who would be going onto 90 was actually born at the site of the ruins. There are signs of iron works there. Iron was mainly used to make arrow tips. I don't remember my gran talking about iron works. I stand to be corrected. Note to ask my dad about this. Anyway the point I am making is how life changes so drastically in a generation let alone a few centuries.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumbusi_National_Monument

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Re:Rare Gabon burial cave sheds light on little known period... by teruakohatu on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @08:48PM (#22623170)

I have never heard of that site before. Is it worth visiting?

I have wanted to visit Great Zimbabwe.

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Re:Rare Gabon burial cave sheds light on little known period... by mmsimanga on Thursday March 19, 2020 @01:49AM (#22624883)

Great Zimbabwe is definitely worth visiting. It's interesting you mention Great Zimbabwe because my grandmother's people came from Great Zimbabwe and brought some of the building skills with them.

To answer your question, well Bumbusi is in the Hwange National Park which is largest game reserve in Zimbabwe. Whilst the ruins might not be spectacular it's a great place to see animals in the wild. It's also on your way to the Victoria Falls if you coming from great Zimbabwe. Hope that helps.

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Re:Rare Gabon burial cave sheds light on little known period... by teruakohatu on Thursday March 19, 2020 @02:22AM (#22625037)

Thank you!

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