The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Mausoleum of Halicarnassus

Halicarnassus (Settlement), Caria (Region), Anatolia (Region), Asia (Continent)


View Larger MapDescription of institution: The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or Tomb of Mausolus 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, who was both his wife and his sister. URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausoleum_at_Halicarnassus