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The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or Tomb of Mausolus [a] (Ancient Greek: Μαυσωλεῖον τῆς Ἁλικαρνασσοῦ; Turkish: Halikarnas Mozolesi) was a tomb built between 353 and 351 BC in Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus, an Anatolian from Caria and a satrap in the Achaemenid Persian Empire, and his sister-wife Artemisia II of Caria.
The tomb was famous even in antiquity. Although the Mausoleum (Ancient Greek: Μαυσωλεῖον) was named for Mausolus, the term mausoleum has come to be used generically for any grand above-ground tomb. This was true in antiquity; Martial used the term in reference to the Mausoleum of Augustus (died AD 14). [54]
The city was famous for the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, also known simply as the Tomb of Mausolus, whose name provided the origin of the word "mausoleum". The mausoleum, built from 353 to 350 BC, ranked as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Halicarnassus' history was special on two interlinked issues.
Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey); the origin of the word "mausoleum" – the tomb is now destroyed Mausoleum of Maussollos: Abu Lu'lu'a Firuz (d. 644) assassin of the second Islamic caliph Umar: Kashan, Iran: Shrine of Abu Lu'lu'a: Yaqub Leith Saffari (840–879) ruler of the Saffarid dynasty: Shahabad (ancient Gondishapur) near Dezful ...
Colossal statues of a man and a woman from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, traditionally identified as Artemisia II and Mausolos, around 350 BCE, British Museum.. While Artemisia's father is known to have been Hekatomnos, the identity of her mother is less clear.
Mausoleum of Abdel Halim Hafez in Al-Rifa'i Mosque, Cairo. Mausoleum of Aga Khan III in Aswan. Mausoleum of Auguste Mariette in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Mausoleum of Boutros Boutros-Ghali in Petrine Church, Cairo. Mausoleum of Constantine P. Cavafy in the Greek Orthodox Cemetery of Alexandria.
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the ... Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus; Mausoleum of Cyrus the Great ...
Bust of Serapis.Roman copy of the original Bryaxis. Bryaxis (Ancient Greek: Βρύαξις or Βρύασσις; fl. 350 BC) was a Greek sculptor. He created the sculptures on the north side of the mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus which was commissioned by the queen Artemisia II of Caria in memory of her brother and husband, Mausolus.