For those interested in the soapstone birds found in great zimbabwe. a picture of one can be found here
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/zimb/zimb_1.htm
apparently all 8 never left the country (at least according to mugabe) and Mr. Rhodes did actually aquire at least one... I am sure there is more info out there.
Great zimbabwe (after looking at pictures) doesnt seem to be all that hard to find despite zouga's difficulty, some of that artistic license i suppose. but more info on the city itself, and the accepted builders of the city can be found at
http://sahistory.org.za/pages/classroom ... at-zim.htm