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
Mausoleum of Princess Jeonghyo Mausoleum of Princess Jeonghyo The Mausoleum of Princess Jeonghyo (known as Zhenxiao in Chinese) was made in 793 by the people of the early Balhae kingdom, and is a part of the Ancient Tombs at Longtou Mountain in Jilin, China. The Mausoleum contains, among other things, the first complete discovered and detailed murals done by Balhae artists, and hence provides valuable insights to historians. The mausoleum was marked by a rectangular pagoda, of which only the base remains. The burial chamber is underground, beneath the remains of the pagoda, and was excavated in October 1980. The 10.5-metre-high chamber is rectangular: