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The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Artemisia se prepara para beber las cenizas de su marido Mausolo, pintor desconocido, c. 1630 a 1660

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The Scottish Rite Temple, District of Columbia, 1911-15. Designed by John Russell Pope, who later designed the Jefferson Memorial and the original west building of the National Gallery of Art. Pope offers us here his reconstruction of the tomb of Mausolus in Halicarnassus, one of the 7 Wonders of the World. 

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. This massive tomb was built by Artemisia after her husband Mausolus died between 353 and 350 BC. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was 63 ft north and south, shorter on other fronts, 125 meters (411 ft) perimeter, and 25 cubits (11.4 meters or 37.5 feet) in height. It was surrounded by 36 columns. The mausoleum at Halicarnassus was destroyed by successive earthquakes from the 12th to the 15th century.

Random sketch of Mausolos of Karia, namesake of the Mausoleion of Halikarnassos #mausolus #halikarnassos #mausoleumofhalicarnassus #classicalantiquity #classicalstudies #archaeology (at Fayetteville Downtown Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUtcyR2l1U4/?utm_medium=tumblr

Artemisia II of Caria, Sculptor: Jakob Schletterer, Johann Baptist Hagenauer. Artemisia II of Caria was the sister and wife of Mausolus, ruler of Caria. She was also his successor. Following the death of her brother/husband, in whose memory she ordered to built the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, Artemisia reigned from 353 to 351 BC.