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Mausoleum of King Mausolus (scale model), Bodrum, Turkey

Friday, November 20, 2009

chrisjohnbeckett has added a photo to the pool:

Mausoleum of King Mausolus (scale model), Bodrum, Turkey

On display at an exhibition on site.

Following the Persian invasion, Caria was ruled by a King named Mausolus (c 376-353 BC), who moved the capital to Bodrum from Mylasa and called the town Halicarnassus. When he died, his wife oversaw the construction of a monumental tomb planned by Mausolus himself.

The Mausoleum - an enormous white marble str...


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