Halicarnassus
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- Ancient site.name
- Halicarnassus
- Ancient site.native_name
- alos k̂arnos 𐊠𐊣𐊫𐊰 𐊴𐊠𐊥𐊵𐊫𐊰 (in Carian)Ἁλικαρνασσός Halikarnas
- Ancient site.image
- The ruins of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- The ruins of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
- Ancient site.map_type
- Turkey#Aegean
- Ancient site.map_size
- 270
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Bodrum, Muğla Province, Turkey
- Ancient site.region
- Caria
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.occupants
- Herodotus, Dionysius
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Late Bronze
- Mycenaean period
- Iron Age
- Hekatomnid dynasty
- Alexander the Great and Ada of Caria
- Later history
- Archaeological notes and restorations
- Notable people
- See also
- Notes and references
- Bibliography
- External links
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Halicarnassus ( ; Latin: Halicarnassus or Halicarnāsus; Halikarnāssós; ; Carian: 𐊠𐊣𐊫𐊰 𐊴𐊠𐊥𐊵𐊫𐊰 alos k̂arnos) was an ancient Greek city in Caria, in Anatolia. It was located in southwest Caria, on an advantageous site on the Gulf of Gökova, which is now in Bodrum, Turkey. The city was famous for the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, also known simply as the Tomb of Mausolus, whose name provided the origin of the word "mausoleum". The mausoleum, built from 353 to 350 BC, ranked as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.