Mausoleum of Halicarnassus was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC. It was sanctioned by the Persian queen Artemisia for her husband, Mausolus of Caria, and was completed three years after his death. The tomb was built atop a hill overlooking the city, was approximately 148 feet high and enclosed by a courtyard, at the centre of which stood a stone platform where the tomb sat. The most impressive features of the tomb were the numerous life-size statues and decorations – lions, people, horses,...
