Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. Also in Asia Minor (modern Turkey) was the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. It was a marble tomb built for King Mausolus (?-353? B.C.). So beautiful was this monument that the word "mausoleum" has passed into our language and now means "burial place." Unlike the pyramids and the Temple of Diana, the Masuoleum was not large. It was a abrilliant jewel of a building, made of shinning white marble. Rising to a height of 140 feet on a mound overlooking the little port of Halicarnassus, it was visible to ships entering the harbor. Its rectangular courtyard was surrounded by a wall. In the center of the court stood a high platform that was approached by a splendid flight of marble steps. Lions carved in marble guarded the approach. On a second wall surrounding the platform were more magnificient sculptures. At each corner were statues of proud warriours on prancing horses. Other sculptured horses drew the superb gilt chariot the adorned the top of the building. In the chariot stood the figures of Mausolous and Artmisia. Only a few fragments of this splendor remain. Some are now in the scholars have been able to reconstruct the building in model form.