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<< Our Photo Pages >> Halicarnassus Mausoleum - Chambered Tomb in Turkey

Submitted by AlexHunger on Tuesday, 27 March 2007  Page Views: 6988

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Halicarnassus Mausoleum
Country: Turkey Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Bodrum
Latitude: 37.037931N  Longitude: 27.424117E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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TheCaptain visited on 18th Sep 2002 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 The wind has got up overnight and is apparently too strong out at sea for us to go out for the day. This is only the third day that’s been cancelled all season. Still, it’s no problem, as we can go to Bodrum for the day and do the tourist thing. I never knew before that Bodrum was the ancient city of Halicarnassos, and home to one of the seven ancient wonders. What an amazing history the place has. The Dolmus takes about 20 minutes and costs about 30p each. Brilliant. First off, we head for the remains of the Halicarnassos Mausoleum, the ancient wonder of the world. It was built by Queen Artemesia for her brother and husband, King Mausolus in 355BC. What an amazing place it must have been, about 7 storeys high. But when the Knights of St John got there in 1494, they decided it was nothing more than a fantastic pile of stone with which to build their castle. So now there’s almost nothing left. There is remains of an amazing drainage system and robber tunnels where ancient people tried to get in for treasure, and a few bits of massive column, but not much else.

Halicarnassus Mausoleum
Halicarnassus Mausoleum submitted by thecaptain : The modern day remains of Halicarnassus Mausoleum in Bodrum Turkey. Most of the stones originally used in the building of this "one of the seven wonders" are now built into the walls of Bodrum castle. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Remains of King Mausolus' tomb dating back to 353 BCE, as finished by his sister and wife Artemisia. It was one of the original 7 wonders of the world.



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Halicarnassus Mausoleum submitted by davidmorgan : The few remains of an Ancient Wonder. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Halicarnassus Mausoleum submitted by durhamnature : Old photo from "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World" via archive.org Site in Turkey (Vote or comment on this photo)

Halicarnassus Mausoleum
Halicarnassus Mausoleum submitted by durhamnature : Reconstruction from "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World" via archive.org Site in Turkey (Vote or comment on this photo)

Halicarnassus Mausoleum
Halicarnassus Mausoleum submitted by thecaptain : The modern day remains of Halicarnassus Mausoleum in Bodrum Turkey. Most of the stones originally used in the building of this "one of the seven wonders" are now built into the walls of Bodrum castle. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Halicarnassus Mausoleum by davidmorgan on Monday, 14 January 2013
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There's a small reproduction of the mausoleum at Miniaturk in Istanbul.
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Re: Halicarnassus Mausoleum by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 10 November 2010
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My notes from my sailing log book of my visit (18 Sept 2002).

The wind has got up overnight and is apparently too strong out at sea for us to go out for the day. This is only the third day that’s been cancelled all season. Still, it’s no problem, as we can go to Bodrum for the day and do the tourist thing. I never knew before that Bodrum was the ancient city of Halicarnassos, and home to one of the seven ancient wonders. What an amazing history the place has. The Dolmus takes about 20 minutes and costs about 30p each. Brilliant.

First off, we head for the remains of the Halicarnassos Mausoleum, the ancient wonder of the world. It was built by Queen Artemesia for her brother and husband, King Mausolus in 355BC.

What an amazing place it must have been, about 7 storeys high. But when the Knights of St John got there in 1494, they decided it was nothing more than a fantastic pile of stone with which to build their castle. So now there’s almost nothing left.

There is remains of an amazing drainage system and robber tunnels where ancient people tried to get in for treasure, and a few bits of massive column, but not much else.
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