Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

1/7 Tomb of Mausolus, Mausoleum of Mausolus or Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
(Been there on the 8th of June 2009)

The Tomb of Mausolus, Mausoleum of Mausolus or Mausoleum at 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 Satyros and Pythis.It stood approximately 45 metres in height, and each of the four sides was adorned with sculptural reliefs created by each one of four Greek sculptors — Leochares, Bryaxis, Scopas of Paros 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 "[building] dedicated to Mausolus".