[Galuel]

The Mausoleum was approximately 45 m (148 ft) in height, and the four sides were adorned with sculptural reliefs, each created by one of four Greek sculptors: Leochares, Bryaxis, Scopas of Paros, and Timotheus. [4] 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. It was destroyed by successive earthquakes from the 12th to the 15th century, [5] [6] [7] the last surviving of the six destroyed wonders.

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The Knights of St John of Rhodes invaded the region and built Bodrum Castle (Castle of Saint Peter). When they decided to fortify it in 1494, they used the stones of the Mausoleum. This is also about when "imaginative reconstructions" of the Mausoleum began to appear. [24] In 1522 rumours of a Turkish invasion caused the Crusaders to strengthen the castle at Halicarnassus (which was by then known as Bodrum) and much of the remaining portions of the tomb were broken up and used in the castle walls. Sections of polished marble from the tomb can still be seen there today. Suleiman the Magnificent conquered the base of the knights on the island of Rhodes, who then relocated first briefly to Sicily and later permanently to Malta, leaving the Castle and Bodrum to the Ottoman Empire. [links]

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Many of the stones from the ruins were used by the knights to fortify their castle at Bodrum; they also recovered bas-reliefs with which they decorated the new building. Much of the marble was burned into lime. In 1846 Lord Stratford de Redcliffe obtained permission to remove these reliefs from the Bodrum. [12] more

[darkside]

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus is also called the Tomb of Mausolus. It was built in Halicarnassus, which is now called Bodrum, in southwest Turkey.

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Question: Can the Mausoleum still be visited today? more

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The location of the Mausoleum was subsequently lost, and was only rediscovered during the 19th century by Charles Thomas Newton, who was working for the British Museum. Newton was successful in his quest, and managed to locate some walls, a staircase, and three of the corners of the foundation. In addition, Newton also discovered sections of reliefs that decorated the wall of the building, portions of the stepped roof, a broken chariot wheel from the sculpture on the roof, and two statues believed to have been in that chariot. These objects were then taken to London, where they are still on display in the British Museum, though the Turkish authorities are seeking to have them repatriated . They are the last remnants of a once spectacular monument that had the ancient world in awe.

[tcatm]

The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus was built for Mausolus, the second ruler of Caria from the Hecatomnid dynasty (and nominally a Persian satrap) who died in 353 BC. As the man who refounded Halicarnassus, Mausolus was entitled to receive cultic honours and a tomb on the central square of his city, in accordance with Greek custom. The person in charge of this project was Mausolus’ grieving widow, Artemisia II, who, incidentally, was also his sister.

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In 2017, it was announced that the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus will be revived by The Danish Halikarnassos Project. While no dates have been provided yet for the restoration of the Mausoleum, when the ancient structure is restored it means there will be at least two of the ancient wonders of the world available for modern eyes to gaze upon once again.

[The Eternal Coin]

The word mausoleum is nowadays defined as “a special building made to hold the dead body of an important person or the deceased bodies of a family”. This word is derived from the name Mausolus, for whom the original ‘Mausoleum’ was built. Located in modern day Bodrum, Turkey, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus is one of the ‘Seven Wonders of the Ancient World’. Due to this status, the Mausoleum is one of the most well-known structures in the ancient world. After the Great Pyramid of Giza, this is the longest surviving Wonder, having stood for more than a millennium and a half.

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Detail of the Amazon Frieze from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus: combats between Amazons and Greeks. 2012 by Carole Raddato. ( Wikimedia Commons ) here

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A partial reconstruction of the e Nereid Monument at Xanthos in Lycia ( Wikimedia Commons ) more

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- Artemisia II, building the first Mausoleum

[Balcerek]

By the 19th century, Charles Thomas Newton, the British Museum officer managed to discover the remnant of the mausoleum and re-locate them to their original location. Decorations, wall reliefs, stepped roof, the marble chariot, and two statues. All the findings were transferred to London to be displayed in the British Museum.

[chyraski]

The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus is the best to include in your Turkey Travel Package after the Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt as the longest surviving Ancient World Wonder