<P> The word derives from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus ( near modern - day Bodrum in Turkey ) , the grave of King Mausolus , the Persian satrap of Caria , whose large tomb was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World . </P>
<P> The word derives from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus ( near modern - day Bodrum in Turkey ) , the grave of King Mausolus , the Persian satrap of Caria , whose large tomb was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World . </P>
where do we get our modern word mausoleum from
where do we get our modern word mausoleum from
from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus ( near modern - day Bodrum in Turkey ) , the grave of King Mausolus , the Persian satrap of Caria , whose large tomb was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus ( near modern - day Bodrum in Turkey ) , the grave of King Mausolus , the Persian satrap of Caria , whose large tomb was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World