Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, or Tomb of Mausolus,, modern Turkish: Halikarnas Mozolesi. "Mausoleion"  meant "[building] dedicated to Mausolus". was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey). It was built   for Mausolus, a satrap in the Persian Empire, and Artemisia II of Caria, who was both his wife and his sister.

The building was designed by the Greek architects Satyros and Pythius of Priene. It was about 45 meters (135 feet) tall. Each one of the four sides was decorated with sculptural reliefs created by one of four Greek sculptors — Bryaxis, Leochares, Scopas and Timotheus. It was such an accomplishment that Antipater of Sidon said it was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The word mausoleum has come to be used generically for any grand tomb.

 Related pages 
 Seven wonders of the world

 Further reading 
 Kristian Jeppesen, et al. The Maussolleion at Halikarnassos, 6 vols.


 References 

 Other websites 
 penelope.uchicago - The Tomb of Mausolus (W.R. Lethaby's reconstruction of the Mausoleum, 1908)

Category:Seven Wonders of the World
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