The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, also in Asia Minor,derived its name
from King Mausolus of Caria. After his death in the middle of the
4th century BC, his queen, Artemisia, employed Greek architects to construct a superb
monument over his remains. It was a great rectangular pile of masonry,
surmounted by an Ionic colonnade supporting a rooflike pyramid. At the apex
stood a four-horse chariot in which were statues of the king and queen. So
famous was this structure that the word mausoleum came to be applied to any
monumental tomb. Some relics of the original Mausoleum are preserved in the
British Museum.
Notes on Halicarnassus :
Mausolus (4th century BC), king of Caria, whose wife Artemisia erected famous
"mausoleum" at Halicarnassus to his memory.
Artemisia (4th century BC), queen of Halicarnassus, an ancient Greek city
in Asia Minor; built famous tomb for her husband, Mausolus.