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Potocki Mausoleum Chapel in Pechera
The Mausoleum Chapel of Potocki Family in Pechera, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. Built in 1904 according to the project of Władysław Horodecki, the decorations were made by Emilio Sala. The chapel was designed on the form of a Latin cross in...
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Circular Mausoleum in Carsulae, Italy
This circular mausoleum at Carsulae (Italy) dates to the 1st century CE. It was built by cutting into a limestone crag and constructing a terrace wall in limestone opus quadratum. The tomb likely belonged to the Furia family. An inscription...
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Numidian Mausoleum of Thugga
Numidian mausoleum in the ancient city of Thugga (Dougga) in North Africa, mid-2nd century CE.
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Doorway, Mausoleum of Augustus
The Mausoleum of Roman emperor Augustus in Rome. Completed in 28 BCE and, reaching a height of almost 45 metres and a diameter of 90 metres, it would hold the record as the largest tomb in the Roman world.
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Model of Herod's Mausoleum
The model of Herod's mausoleum, the first storey was a plinth, which supported the second, square one; above this was a circular tholos, which incorporated an internal chamber surrounded by an Ionic colonnade, topped by a dome. Herodium...
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Tokugawa Ieyasu Mausoleum
Tokugawa Ieyasu Mausoleum, Nikko, Japan.
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Halicarnassus
Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum, Turkey) was an ancient Ionian Greek city in the region of Caria, located on the coast of Anatolia. It is best known as the birthplace of Herodotus (l. c. 484-425/413 BCE), the 'Father of History', and as the...
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The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna
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The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, 425 C.E., Ravenna, Italy
Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
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Sabratha
Sabratha was an ancient port city on the coast of North Africa (in modern-day Libya). The site was originally inhabited by the indigenous Berber Zwagha tribe in the 8th century BCE (according to the 11th-century CE historian al-Bakari) who...
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The Seven Wonders
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were seven impressive structures famously listed by ancient writers including Philo of Byzantium, Antipater of Sidon, Diodorus Siculus, Herodotus, Strabo, and Callimachus of Cyrene, among others. The...