How Did The Mausoleum Occur At Halicarnassus?

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was built in the capital city of Caria, Halicarnassus, which was present-day Bodrum, Turkey. It was built between the years 353 B.C. and 350 B.C. After construction had started, the Mausoleum could have faced destruction several times. The Rhodians’ land had been conquered by Mausolus, and they soon learned of his death. They rebelled and sent ships to capture Halicarnassus. They were defeated and the tomb was never harmed. It was untouched when Alexander the Great held power in Caria in 334 B.C., and even when there were pirate attacks in 62 B.C. and 58 B.C. It stayed above the city for almost seventeen centuries, until the 13th Century. There were a series of earthquakes that did some damage to the