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Hecatomnus' Tomb consists of the Temenos Wall, the Menandros Column (a later structure from the Augustan period), the Podium or base, the surviving chambers of the mausoleum, and the sarcophagus. [5] It was a forerunner of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus , one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World , and is thought to have been conceived, at ...
[2] [9] The five children, Hecatomnus, and a woman presumed to be Aba, are all depicted in the art of the lavish but unfinished tomb of Hecatomnus in Mylasa. [10] During the government of the Hecatomnids, both wife and husband ruled alongside one another, although only men are ever called satrap or issue coinage in their own names. Hecatomnid ...
Hekatomnos tomb fresco. In 2010 police arrested looters digging for antiquities in what later was believed to be the tomb of Hecatomnus. [15] A marble sarcophagus and numerous frescoes were discovered in the tomb, although many relics had already been taken from the tomb and sold on the black market. [15]
Ada of Caria (Ancient Greek: Ἄδα) (fl. 377 – 326 BC) [1] was a member of the House of Hecatomnus (the Hecatomnids) and ruler of Caria during the mid-4th century BC, first as Persian Satrap and later as Queen under the auspices of Alexander III (the Great) of Macedon. [2]
The discovery supports the hypothesis that Queen Meret-Neith was ancient Egypt’s first female pharaoh. 5,000-year-old wine hidden in hundreds of jars at Egyptian queen’s tomb. Take a look
Mausolus was the eldest son of Hecatomnus, a native Carian who became the satrap of Caria shortly after Tissaphernes died, c. 395 – c. 392 BCE. [3] Mausolus succeeded his father upon Hecatomnus' death in 377 BCE. [4] [3] The two may have shared the rule of Caria in the early 370s BCE, though, shortly before the death of Hecatomnus. [5]
The tomb was enclosed on three sides – north, west, and south – by a 2.75 m (9.0 ft) thick, whitewashed mudbrick perimeter wall. [ 3 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] The south wall starts with a bend at the edge of the solar boat pit, runs for 61 m (200 ft) along the entire east wall, and then along the north wall for 4 m (13 ft) terminating at the southern ...
The tomb of Hetepheres I (also G 7000x) is an Ancient Egyptian shaft tomb at Giza. It is part of the Eastern Cemetery of the Great Pyramid of Giza (Necropolis G 7000) and is located near the northeast corner of the northern pyramid of Queen G I-a. The Egyptian queen Hetepheres I was the mother of Khufu and probably the wife of Sneferu.