The Mausoleum

Our next Wonder is the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus in past day Asia Minior, along the beautiful coast of the Mediterranian. The foundation of the the Mausoleum can be hardly found, as one can only find stones and rubble. The Mausoleum was built in honor of the late King Mausolus, by his wife, and sister, Queen Artemisia. In was a custom that the Kings marry their sister in order to keep the family name and royal blood in line for the best breeding and overall, the occupation of the same name in the throne. The Mausoleum was over 140 feet high and all in marble. After his short lived life, Queen Artemisia had felt such sorrow and grief, she asked if her son, of whom she had with Mausolus, complete a huge Mausoleum in honor of their lost family member. Queen Artemisia had orderded that the Mausoleum over look the city of where King Mausolus had ruled. She asked for the same builders who had built the Temple of Diana to come over and make a plan for the Mausoleum. Q. 1, who built the Temple of Diana and the Mausoleum. She liked of what they had presented her and she instructed it to be built with no expense in mind. The Mausoleum started with a polished marble floor and from there, built up grandly and flourished with marble and red clay. All around the steps of the Mausoleum were statues of Greek, Roman, and Egyptian gods and goddess. Queen Artemisia was very pleased with the work and planned that the last and finally highest floor of the Mausoleum have a gianormous stone white tomb for her husband, and later her. But while construction, Artemisia was unaware of a small naval warfare that was arrising in the Mediterranian. She had placed her fleet of warriors adrift and commanded war, but since war cost money, the Mausoleum was postponed until the war was over. But, just like her husband, Artemisia died young and left the Mausoleum uncompleted. Her son was killed in warfare, and never returned to complete the Mausoleum. And to this day, it was known that it was never completed by anyone. So, after just letting it stand, it was destroyed by an earthquake and left as a pile of rubble. As we can see so far, many of these wonders had stood for something and/or someone. They were made in memory of either myth or legend, and or a final resting place. But, lets imagine that you have to create a small myth. In this myth, I want to hear about a made up God and Goddess, they must represent something, such as wind water, air,etc. Then, after you have told me the myth, make sure one of them is unfortunatley dies, is killed, etc. and have the other remaining God/Goddess erect a temple for them. Make sure it all connects. All I want here is creativity, and make sure you thouroughly explain what the builidng would look like both inside and out! This is one of the best and creative blog we will have! And for an extra bonus/start, I have a great teacher website with famous author Jane Yolen who will help guide you in writing! Take a look!http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/mythswshop_index.htm