Mausoleum of Maussollos

The Tomb of Mausolus, Mausoleum of Mausolus or Mausoleum at Halicarncessus( in Greek) was a tomb built between 353 and 350BC at Halicarnassus (present Bodurn, Turkey) for mausolus, a satrap in the persion Empire, and Artemisia ll of caria, his wife and sister. The structure was designed by the greek archtects satyros and pythis. It stood approximately 45 meters(135 ft) in height and eacch of the four sides was adorned with sculpture reliefs created by each one of four greek scllptors- leachars, Bryaxis scopas of paros and Timotheus. The finished structure was considered to be such an aestetic triumph that antipater of sidon identified it as one of the seven wonders of the Ancient world.