 The natural shelters formed by the rock formations in the Matopos Hills, which are part of the Matopos National Park in Central Zimbabwe, have been in existence since the Stone Age.These have contributed to the development of rock art in Southern Africa, development of religious traditions of the people who inhabited the area and to the evolution of the Mwari religion; all of which have been, as one complex, recognized as of heritage importance with the area receiving UNESCO recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, under well defined categories of (iii), (v) and (vi).The land forms here are examples of the granite formations, which dominate Zimbabwe's land form as "crenellated ridges, "dwalas" or hump-backed domes, and what look like randomly heaped boulders which have evolved in various forms over millions of years of weathering."