Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World : Great
Pyramid of Giza | Hanging
Gardens of Babylon | Statue
of Zeus at Olympia | Temple
of Artemis | Mausoleum
of Maussollos | Colossus
of Rhodes | Lighthouse
of Alexandria
Mausoleum of Maussollos
The Tomb of Maussollos, Mausoleum of Maussollos, or Mausoleum of Halicarnassus was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus, a satrap in the Persian Empire, and Artemisia II of Caria, his wife and sister. The structure was designed by the Greek architects Satyrus and Pythius. It stood approximately 45 meters (135 feet) in height, and each of the four sides was adorned with sculptural reliefs created by one of four Greek sculptors — Bryaxis, Leochares, Scopas and Timotheus. The finished 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 grand tomb, though "Mausol – eion" originally meant "dedicated to Mausol".
Construction of the Mausoleum
Artemisia spared no expense in building the tomb. She sent messengers to Greece to find the most talented artists of the time. These included Scopas, the man who had supervised the rebuilding of the temple of Artemis at Ephesus. Other famous sculptors such as Bryaxis, Leochares and Timotheus joined him, as well as hundreds of other craftsmen.
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