Saturday, April 16, 2011
Bodrum Mausoleum
As one of the seven wonders of the world adopted the construction of the Mausoleum of Caria Satrabı Mausolos time (estimated M.Ö.355) was started after the death of his sister, wife, Artemissia construction continued at the same time.
This work has been adorned with Ionic column if the original order of 36 to 46 feet high and topped the 21-digit victory in a car a giant memorial tomb of the pyramid crowned.
Anno Domini Preserved ancient tomb was destroyed by an earthquake before the 13 th century and later with the stones used in the construction of Bodrum Castle. In addition, many of these grave reliefs and sculptures in 1856 the British archaeologist C. Newton was taken by the British Museum. So most of the works belonging to this monument in the British Museum, but exhibited a very small part of the Bodrum.
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