The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or Tomb of Mausolus ( ; ; ) was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus ( present Bodrum , Turkey ) for Mausolus , a satrap in the Persian Empire , and Artemisia II of Caria , who was both his wife and his sister .
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus , or Tomb of Mausolus , was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus ( present Bodrum , Turkey ) . It was bult for Mausolus , a satrap in the Persian Empire , and Artemisia II of Caria , who was both his wife and his sister .