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The Water Systems of Great Zimbabwe
Great Zimbabwe was more than stone walls and gold. Beneath its famous ruins lay an ingenious network of aqueducts, dams, and cisterns that sustained a city of thousands in a semi-arid landscape. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the unseen engineering of Great Zimbabwe's water systems: the seasonal Mutirikwe River, the stone-lined channels that carried water across the plateau, the terraced hillsides that caught every drop of rain, and the great cisterns that stored it through dry months. They trace how this mastery of water shaped daily life, supported cattle herds, enabled trade…
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