thumb|left|Model of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, at the Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology. thumb|upright|Persian sphinx from Halicarnassus, 355 BC. Mausolus moved his capital from Mylasa to Halicarnassus. His workmen deepened the city's harbor and used the dragged sand to make protecting breakwaters in front of the channel.
thumb|left|model of the mausoleum at halicarnassus at the bodrum museum of underwater archaeology thumb|upright|persian sphinx from halicarnassus 355 bc mausolus moved his capital from mylasa to halicarnassus his workmen deepened the city's harbor and used the dragged sand to make protecting breakwaters in front of the channel