Mausoleum at Halicarnassus top was a quadriga: four massive horses pulling a chariot in which rode images of Mausolus and Artemisia. Modern historians have pointed out that two years would not be enough time to decorate and build such an extravagant building. Therefore, it is believed that construction was begun by Mausolus before his death or continued by the next leaders. The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus resembled a temple and the only way to tell the difference was its slightly higher outer walls. The Mausoleum was in the Greek-dominated area of Halicarnassus, which in 353 was controlled by the Achaemenid Empire. According to the
Beecher Mausoleum rural village. Architect Cecil Bryan, who designed many community mausoleums for the National Mausoleum Company, designed the mausoleum in the Neoclassical style. The mausoleum was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 2013. Beecher Mausoleum The Beecher Mausoleum is a community mausoleum located at the junction of Illinois Route 1 and Horner Lane in Washington Township, Will County, Illinois, southeast of the village of Beecher. The mausoleum was built in 1913-14, making it an early example of a community mausoleum. The first community mausoleum in the United States was built in 1907, and changing burial traditions