February
07
/ 2019
A lost city, Kweneng, dating to between 1400 and 1875 lies south from Johannesburg, South Africa at the Suikerbosrand archaeological site and nature reserve. The site has attracted archaeological interest since the 1960’s, but it is only recently with the latest technology LiDAR, - light detection and ranging - that the size of the actual city has been revealed to have housed an estimate of 5,000 to 10,000 people. Speculation exists that this city could have been trading in gold, as it is situated about 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of Johannesburg, home of the gold reef. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"57096","attributes":{"alt":"Gold bead strings of Mapungubwe (CC Department of UP Arts, University of Pretoria)","class":"media-image","height":"406","style":"width: 610px; height: 406px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"610"}}]] Gold bead strings of Mapungubwe (CC Department
