Picture No | 10013599 |
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Description | The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus - Seven Wonders |
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The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or Tomb of Mausolus - a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus, a satrap in the Persian Empire, and his sister-wife Artemisia II of Caria. The structure was designed by the Greek architects Satyros and Pythius of Priene. The finished structure of the mausoleum was considered to be such an aesthetic triumph that Antipater of Sidon identified it as one of his Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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Source | Engraving by N Parr in 1741 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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