By ancient standards, this tomb was so large and lavishly decorated that it quickly made it onto ancient writer’s lists of the seven sights to be seen in their known world, and it’s because of ...

How did this royal tomb become an ancient wonder? Size and style. Built in the 4th century B.C., the lavish—and massive—Mausoleum at Halicarnassus awed onlookers for more than 1,600 years.

She married the king of Halicarnassus in 500 BC, just prior to the Ionian Revolt that helped trigger the war between Greece and Persia. Her husband, whose name has been lost to history, ...

Although Halicarnassus was founded by the ancient Greeks, Caria was separate from the Greek city-states, with its own dialect, culture and governance.

The Civil Courts Building was inspired by the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. It might be one of the lesser known of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but its place in that septet has never been ...

BODRUM, TURKEY—Turkish authorities reportedly plan to appeal to the European court of human rights for the return of statues from the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. Located in Bodrum, in ...

Among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus stood as a testament to both architectural ambition and one king’s eternal vanity. Built in what is now Bodrum ...

The seventh wonder of the ancient world was an incredibly massive tomb constructed on top of a hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, in what was then the small kingdom of Asia Minor and now part of ...