Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Mausoleum at Halicarnassus The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or Tomb of Mausolus (; ) was a tomb built between 353 and 350 BC at Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey) for Mausolus, a satrap in the Persian Empire, and his sister-wife Artemisia II of Caria. The structure was designed by the Greek architects Satyros and Pythius of Priene. Its elevated tomb structure is derived from the tombs of neighbouring Lycia, such as the Nereid Monument. The Mausoleum was approximately in height, and the four sides were adorned with sculptural reliefs, each created by one of four Greek sculptors—Leochares, Bryaxis, Scopas of Paros and
Gao Mausoleum Gao Mausoleum Gao Mausoleum (高陵) is located in the north of Dafen Village, Situ Town, in China's Jiangsu province. It is the tomb of Sun Jian, a war leader during the Three Kingdoms (220-265). It is tall and around in diameter. There is a river to the east of the mausoleum, which was called Wuling Harbor in ancient times. Sun Jian moved from Shouchun (now Fuyang in Zhejiang Province) to Qu'e (now Danyang) with his father Sun Zhong in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Under the regime of Han Xiandi, Sun Jian crusaded against Dong Zhuo and was ordered by