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Episode 77: Artemisia and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

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The Unending Grief of Artemesia

The tomb of Mount Artemesia was one of the most staggering accomplishments of the ancient era. It's built on an inner courtyard with columns up and down the side of it as well, and there are statues all around the tops of it. The word mausoleum comes from the name of the bloke that was laid to rest in this one. She never actually got to see it finished because she didn't last all that much longer after the death of poor old Morslots there.

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