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died 0441; 350 BC
Sister and wife of King Mausolus (r. 377353 BC) of Caria, southwestern Anatolia, and sole ruler for about three years after his death.
She built his tomb, the Mausoleum, considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World .
Artemisia II, statue by an unknown artist; in the National Archeological Museum, Naples
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Alinari from Art Resource