The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Facts

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The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Facts

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or The Tomb of Mausolus was once a tomb built somewhere in the years 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus (nowadays Bodrum, Turkey – a famous five star modern vacation destination with glorious nature and luxurious 5* resorts) for Mausolus, a governor in the Persian Empire, and Artemisia II of Caria, his wife and sister. The construction used to be designed by the Greek architects Satyros and Pythis. It stood roughly 45 meters (148 feet) in height, and each and every of the 4 sides used to be decorated with sculptural reliefs created by each one of the 4 Greek sculptors – Leochares, Bryaxis, Scopas of Paros and Timotheus. The completed structure was considered to be such an aesthetic triumph that Antipater of Sidon identified it as one of his Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or The Tomb of Mausolus was once a tomb built somewhere in the years 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus (nowadays Bodrum, Turkey – a famous five star modern vacation destination with glorious nature and luxurious 5* resorts) for Mausolus, a governor in the Persian Empire, and Artemisia II of Caria, his wife and sister. The construction used to be designed by the Greek architects Satyros and Pythis. It stood roughly 45 meters (148 feet) in height, and each and every of the 4 sides used to be decorated with sculptural reliefs created by each one of the 4 Greek sculptors – Leochares, Bryaxis, Scopas of Paros and Timotheus. The completed structure was considered to be such an aesthetic triumph that Antipater of Sidon identified it as one of his Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.The word mausoleum has since come to be used generically for any large tomb.