"The Mausoleum of Augustus, Rome, built by Augustus as his own family tomb, looks back to the Etruscan tumulus for its basic form, though it broke the long-standing rule forbidding burial inside the city. Like the later Mausoleum of Hadrian, it had as its base a huge cylinder, 88 m (290 ft) in diameter. The outer wall was constructed of concrete, faced with travertine opus quadratum. Behind this, a complex system of four circumferential and numerous radial walls, similarly constructed of concrete but now mostly faced with opus reticulatum, divided the interior into concentric compartments, though, apart from the sepulchral chamber and the passages leading to it, these compartments were simply filled with earth."
- Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. p228, 231.
It was actually made out of marble. Some of it was made out of stone but only a small percentage of the tomb.
It is not known who or what did destroy the Mausoleum.
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was built between 453 and 450 BC.
The mausoleum (tomb) was built by Queen Artimesia for King Mausolaus1 between 353 and 350 BC.
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Augustus was buried in a mausoleum in Rome, known as the Mausoleum of Augustus. The tomb was built during his reign as the first Roman emperor and remains one of the largest and most well-preserved mausoleums in the city. Today, it is a popular tourist attraction and an important historical site.
Many Roman emperors were buried in the Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome, while others were buried in various locations such as the Roman Forum or Hadrian's Mausoleum (now known as Castel Sant'Angelo). Some emperors, like Trajan and Marcus Aurelius, were cremated, and their ashes were placed in urns.
The Horologium and its program (with the Mausoleum of Augustus and the Ara Pacis) is fully discussed in Paul Zanker's the Power of Images in the Age of Augustus.
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mostly marble gold and stone
tomb room
Stone and clay was used and packed to form the arch of Augustus. Their were two.
It was actually made out of marble. Some of it was made out of stone but only a small percentage of the tomb.
It is not known who made the Augustus of Prima Porta. It was discovered during archaeological excavations at the villa of Livia (Augustus' wife) in the 19th century. The artifact was made to commemorate Augustus's victory over the Parthians in 20 BC.
Mausoleum.
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mausoleum is located in bodrum , turkey