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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 917 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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 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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