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Solemn Memorial - Ancient

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Turkey: Maussolos, king of a minor region of the Persian Empire, wasn’t noted for much. Then his sister Artemisia, who also happened to be his wife, got the idea to build an over-the-top tomb for her brother/husband. Construction was completed in 350 B.C., three years after the king’s death, and a year after Artemisia’s. The lavishly adorned tomb-castle housed statues of notables of the day, as well as various lions, horses and other animals.

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