MAUSOLEUM
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V17,
Page 917
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
MAUSOLEUM
, the See also:term given to a See also:monument erected to receive the remains of a deceased See also:person, which may sometimes take the See also:form of a sepulchral See also:chapel
.
The term See also:cenotaph (Gr. hubs, empty, Tacos, See also:tomb) is employed for a similar monument where the See also:body is not buried in the structure
.
The term " mausoleum " originated with the magnificent monument erected by See also:Queen See also:Artemisia in 353 B.C. in memory of her See also:husband See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Mausolus, of which the remains were brought to See also:England in 18J9 by See also:Sir See also:Charles See also:Newton and placed in the See also:British Museum
.
The tombs of See also:Augustus and of See also:Hadrian in See also:Rome are perhaps the largest monuments of the See also:kind ever erected
.
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