The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (Greek Μαυσωλεῖον τῆς Ἁλικαρνασσοῦ) was a grave built in 353-350 BC at Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolos satrap of the Persian Empire, and Artemisia II Caria, his wife and his sister. The structure was designed by Greek architects and Satyros Pythia. It was about 45 m (148 ft) high, and made all four sides, with reliefs of each of the four Greek sculptors decorated - Leochares, Bryaxis, Scopas of Paros and Timotheus. The structure was completed as seen in such an aesthetic triumph that Antipater of Sidon identified as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Artemisia spared no expense in building the tomb. She sent messengers to Greece to find the most gifted artists of the time. These include Scopas, the man who led the reconstruction of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. The sculptors are (in order of Vitruvius) Leochares, Bryaxis, Scopas and Timothy, and hundreds of other craftsmen.
The grave was built on a hill above the town. The whole structure sat in an enclosed courtyard. In the middle of the courtyard was a stone platform on the grave stone lions flanked Sat Stairs to the upper platform, which bore along its outer walls many statues of gods and goddesses. At each corner stone warriors mounted on horseback guarded the grave. In the middle of the platform, the marble tomb rose as a square tapering block to one third of the mausoleum of 45 m (148 ft) high. This section was covered with bas-reliefs depicting scenes of the action, including the Battle of the Centaurs with Lapiths and Greeks in the battle against the Amazons, a nation of warriors.
On top of this section of the tomb thirty-six slender columns, ten on each side at each corner of a column exchange between the two parties rose for another third of the height. Standing between each column was a statue. Behind the columns was a solid block of Cella-like the weight of the massive roof of the tomb. The roof, which represent the bulk of the third final height, was pyramidal. Perched on top was a quadriga: four massive horses pulling a wagon, in which images and rode Mausole Artemisia.
Artemisia spared no expense in building the tomb. She sent messengers to Greece to find the most gifted artists of the time. These include Scopas, the man who led the reconstruction of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. The sculptors are (in order of Vitruvius) Leochares, Bryaxis, Scopas and Timothy, and hundreds of other craftsmen.
The grave was built on a hill above the town. The whole structure sat in an enclosed courtyard. In the middle of the courtyard was a stone platform on the grave stone lions flanked Sat Stairs to the upper platform, which bore along its outer walls many statues of gods and goddesses. At each corner stone warriors mounted on horseback guarded the grave. In the middle of the platform, the marble tomb rose as a square tapering block to one third of the mausoleum of 45 m (148 ft) high. This section was covered with bas-reliefs depicting scenes of the action, including the Battle of the Centaurs with Lapiths and Greeks in the battle against the Amazons, a nation of warriors.
On top of this section of the tomb thirty-six slender columns, ten on each side at each corner of a column exchange between the two parties rose for another third of the height. Standing between each column was a statue. Behind the columns was a solid block of Cella-like the weight of the massive roof of the tomb. The roof, which represent the bulk of the third final height, was pyramidal. Perched on top was a quadriga: four massive horses pulling a wagon, in which images and rode Mausole Artemisia.
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