The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, in modern-day Turkey, was an ornate memorial built for Carian ruler Mausolus and overseen by his sister-wife Artemesia II.

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The ancient Assyrian capital of Nimrud was once considered one of the most important archaeological finds in the world.

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