Inside view of the outer wall of the Great Enclosure at Great Zimbabwe, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, Zimbabwe

"The outer wall of the Great Enclosure (sometimes called Elliptical Building), 10 m high and 5 m thick, built of granite blocks, dressed only on the outer face. this wall, with the Conical Tower, is the perfection of coursed dry-stone masonry at Great Zimbabwe. The blocks give scale, texture, sparkle, and interest to an otherwise overpowering monument." [Garlake P., 2002: Early Art and Architecture of Africa; Great Zimbabwe and the Southern African Interior. Oxford University Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.