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Khami (also written as Khame, Kame or Kami) is a ruined city located 22 kilometres west of Bulawayo, in Zimbabwe. | WIKI |
Khami marks an innovation that recognised the environment in which was built. | WIKI |
The area around Khami, being riverine, is hot and had problems with malaria. | WIKI |
The stone found at Khami (laminar granite) was different from the ones found in other areas of Zimbabwe (biotite). | WIKI |
Unlike at Great Zimbabwe, some of the walls at Khami have foundations built with huge blocks which would have been lifted by at least four people. | WIKI |
Khami was the capital of the Torwa dynasty for about 200 years from around 1450 and appears to have been founded at the time of the disappearance of the state at Great Zimbabwe. | WIKI |
The Rozvi made another Khami phase site, Danamombe (Dhlo-Dhlo), their new capital. | WIKI |
In the 1830s Nguni speaking Ndebele raiders displaced them from Khami and many of the other sites they had established. | WIKI |
The site of Khami reveals seven built-up areas occupied by the royal family with open areas in the valley occupied by the commoners. | WIKI |
There are also ruins on the eastern side of the Khami River. | WIKI |
Outer wall of Khami Steps leading into Khami Passageway in Khami Ruins of Khami | WIKI |
Khami Ruins National Monument is located to the west of the Khami River, 22 km from the City of Bulawayo. | UNESCO |
Khami conforms to Great Zimbabwe in a number of archaeological and architectural aspects but it possesses certain features particular to itself and its successors such as Danangombe and Zinjanja. | UNESCO |
Revetments or retaining walls found expression for the first time in the architectural history of the sub-region at Khami, and with it were elaborate decorations; it still has the longest decorated wall in the entire sub-region. | UNESCO |
Khami is the second largest stone built monument in Zimbabwe. | UNESCO |
However, some negative effects on the relationship between the site and its setting are being caused by the expansion of the suburbs of Bulawayo (10 km distant), and the polluting discharge from the cityxe2x80x99s effluent into the Khami River. | UNESCO |
Khami has retained its authenticity largely in part due to the minimal interventions that have been carried out. | UNESCO |
Khami Ruins National Monument is managed by National Museums and Monuments as overall responsible Agency. | UNESCO |
At local level Khami falls under the Western Region administrative unit and a project manager, who liaises with the Regional Director and Executive Director on administrative and policy issues and is responsible for conservation and development. | UNESCO |