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[2]) Kubrat was the founder and ruler of Old Great Bulgaria. Village of Mala Pereshchepina (20 km from Poltava, Ukraine) Pereshchepina Tomb: Kaloyan (c. 1170 – October 1207) Tsar of Bulgaria from 1196 to 1207, younger brother of Theodor and Asen who led the anti-Byzantine uprising of the Bulgarians in 1185. Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
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.
Keith David voiced Thel 'Vadam, the Arbiter of Halo 2, Halo 3 and Halo 5: Guardians.. The concept of the Arbiter came from early story discussions for Halo 2. Bungie designer Jaime Griesemer and story director Joseph Staten discussed playing from the perspective of an alien soldier to see the other side of the war between the human United Nations Space Command and alien Covenant.
Volume 1, released at the same time as Halo 2 on November 9, 2004, contains arranged instrumental pieces written by Martin O'Donnell and his partner Michael Salvatori, as well as "inspired-by" tracks from bands Incubus, Hoobastank and Breaking Benjamin. Volume 2 was released on April 25, 2006, and contains all the game music arranged in a suite ...
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 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 retained a monarchical system of government at a time when most other Greek city states had long since rid themselves of their kings.
The following decade was extremely productive, [8] beginning works such as Hercules and Lichas, Cupid and Psyche, Hebe, Tomb of Duchess Maria Christina of Saxony-Teschen, and The Penitent Magdalene. [18] In 1797, he went to Vienna, [19] but only a year later, in 1798, he returned to Possagno for a year. [8] [note 1]
The popularly named "Tomb of the Julii" (Mausoleum "M") survives in the Vatican Necropolis beneath St. Peter's Basilica. The serendipitous discovery near the crypt has a vaulted ceiling bearing a mosaic depicting a solar deity with an aureole riding in his chariot , [ 1 ] within a framing of rinceaux of vine leaves.