Mausolus

When Mausolus died and was buried as a cult hero in his magnificent tomb, royal power passed in time to Pixodarus, with whom the impulsive Alexander had tried to arrange a marriage alliance several years earlier.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

Most famous of these monarchs was Mausolus, who, following a custom Carian royalty shared with Egyptian pharaohs and Persian kings, had married his sister.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

When Mausolus died and was buried as a cult hero in his magnificent tomb, royal power passed in time to Pixodarus, with whom the impulsive Alexander had tried to arrange a marriage alliance several years earlier.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

Most famous of these monarchs was Mausolus, who, following a custom Carian royalty shared with Egyptian pharaohs and Persian kings, had married his sister.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

When Mausolus died and was buried as a cult hero in his magnificent tomb, royal power passed in time to Pixodarus, with whom the impulsive Alexander had tried to arrange a marriage alliance several years earlier.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

Most famous of these monarchs was Mausolus, who, following a custom Carian royalty shared with Egyptian pharaohs and Persian kings, had married his sister.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

Bodrum is built on the site of ancient Halicarnassus, home of (1) Herodotus, Father of History, and (2) the Mausoleum of Mausolus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Archive 2009-05-01 Walter Jon Williams 2009

We also checked out the Mausoleum, which now consists of a large hole in the ground, though the hole does in fact contain the actual carved rock tomb where Mausolus' ashes minus those consumed by his consort were eventually laid to rest.

Archive 2009-05-01 Walter Jon Williams 2009

Mausolus was ostensibly a Persian satrap, but he pretty much ran his own show, and conquered those parts of Caria he didn't already own, along with a big chunk of Lycia.

Archive 2009-05-01 Walter Jon Williams 2009

The Tomb of Mausolus, prehistoric cave paintings, galleons, All Hallows Day or All Souls, September 29th, formula for the quadratic equation, V = 4/3πR3, Macbeth, I would have woken up, sodium chloride

[how well educated are you] ten questions 2009