The mausoleum at halicarnassus bodrum turkey was a massive tomb built for mausolus the ruler of caria c.
The marble mausoleum of halicarnassus.
The mausoleum at halicarnassus or tomb of mausolus ancient greek.
Halikarnas mozolesi was a tomb built between 353 and 350 bc in halicarnassus present bodrum turkey for mausolus a native anatolian from caria and a satrap in the achaemenid empire and his sister wife artemisia ii of caria.
The monument was the tomb of mausolus ruler of caria in southwestern asia minor.
It was built in his capital city halicarnassus between about 353 and 351 bce by his sister and widow artemisia ii.
Halicarnassus was an important city of the kingdom of caria a kingdom become independent under the governor mausole for which the monument was built.
Mausoleum of halicarnassus halicarnassus also spelled halikarnassos one of the seven wonders of the world.
Mausoleum at halicarnassus one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world.
The marble structure was so immense and decorated with such an array of striking sculptures that it made it onto the list of the seven wonders of the ancient world and thereafter gave its name to any large funeral monument a mausoleum.
The mausoleum at halicarnassus bodrum turkey was a massive tomb built for mausolus the ruler of caria c.
The mausoleum at halicarnassus or tomb of mausolus ancient greek.
The mausoleum of halicarnassus is a funerary monument that was completed in 350 bc and was demolished definitively during the 15th century after its stones were reused to build the castle st peter.