A stone platform was first built, and was enclosed with a courtyard. Perhaps for maximum visibility, the Mausoleum was built on top of a hill overlooking the city. The end result was a wonder built in the styles of three different cultures – Greek, Lycian and Egyptian.Ī partial reconstruction of the Nereid Monument at Xanthos in Lycia ( Public Domain ) Working under them were hundreds of other workmen and craftsmen. The Greek architects Satyros and Pytheos were said to have been invited by Artemisia from Greece to design the overall shape of the Mausoleum, whilst the sculptors Byraxis, Leocharis, Timotheus, and Scopas of Paros were in charge of the decorations of the monument. The design of the Mausoleum is said to have taken its inspiration from the early 4th century BC Nereid Monument of Lycian Xanthos, albeit on a much grander scale. (shako/ CC BY-SA 3.0 ) Who Designed the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus? Statue of Mausolus at the British Museum, 2012. Searching for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.The person in charge of this project was Mausolus’ grieving widow, Artemisia II, who, incidentally, was also his sister. As the man who re-founded Halicarnassus, Mausolus was entitled to receive cultic honors and a tomb on the central square of his city, in accordance with Greek custom. The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus was built for Mausolus, the second ruler of Caria from the Hecatomnid dynasty (and nominally a Persian satrap) who died in 353 BC. After the Great Pyramid of Giza, this was the longest surviving Wonder, standing for more than a millennium and a half, until its eventual destruction. Due to this status, the Mausoleum is one of the most well-known structures in the ancient world. Located in modern day Bodrum, Turkey, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus is one of the ‘Seven Wonders of the Ancient World’. This word is derived from the name Mausolus, for whom the original ‘Mausoleum’ was built. The word mausoleum is nowadays defined as “a special building made to hold the dead body of an important person or the deceased bodies of a family”.
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