Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
It was built in the mid fourth century for King Mausolus of Caria by his wife Artemisia, who was said to have employed the leading Greek sculptors of the day. The building is described by Pliny, but the site has been excavated and many pieces of the sculpture decoration recovered (see next illustration), mainly from their re-use in the castle of St Peter, built by the Knights of St John, overlooking the harbour of the modern town (Bodrum). (Boardman, 1986)