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  • Halicarnassus

  • Halicarnassus

    Halicarnassus is an ancient Greek city, stood on the site of modern Bodrum in Turkey. The city was famous for the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, also known simply as the Tomb of Mausolus, whose name provided the origin of the word "mausoleum". The mausoleum, built between 353 BC and 350 BC, ranked as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
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    Halicarnassus
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    Halicarnassus
    by Georges Jansoone, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Halicarnassus
    by Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Halicarnassus

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    Historic Cities and Regions

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    Turkey

    Muğla

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    First Millennium BC

    Ancient Greek

    Hellenistic + Roman + Byzantine + Islamic

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    Mixed Monuments

     

     

     

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