Built in the 4th century B.C., the lavish—and massive—Mausoleum at Halicarnassus awed onlookers for more than 1,600 years. Mausolus' capital cityThe Mausoleum of Halicarnassus rises high above ...

Among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus stood as a testament to both architectural ambition and one king’s eternal vanity. Built in what is now Bodrum ...

Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the seven wonders of the ancient ...

She married the king of Halicarnassus in 500 BC, just prior to the Ionian Revolt that helped trigger the war between Greece and Persia. Her husband, whose name has been lost to history ...

Here’s how it works. Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian born around 484 B.C. He was from the city of Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey) in Caria, a region in southwestern Asia Minor ...

BODRUM, TURKEY—Turkish authorities reportedly plan to appeal to the European court of human rights for the return of statues from the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. Located in Bodrum, in ...

A wild ride! Herodotus, a Greek from the city of Halicarnassus in Asia Minor (today’s Bodrum in Turkey), published his Histories sometime between 426 and 415 BCE. His principal aim was to ...

She married the king of Halicarnassus in 500 BC, just prior to the Ionian Revolt that helped trigger the war between Greece and Persia. Her husband, whose name has been lost to history ...