The Hellenistic mausoleum located 14 km NE of Ephesus ranks as the second largest and highest tomb in ancient Asia Minor. The two-storey structure consists of Doric-style crepidoma and an upper level representing the Corinthian architecture. The base of the ground level has an almost exact square surface of about 29,70 m sidelength. The center of crepidoma cut into an existing, naturally occurring limestone.The sarcophagus itself nowadays is in the museum of Selçuk, together with two lions and some parts of the decoration are in the Archaeological Museum Izmir.
Sources:
- George E. Bean, Aegean Turkey, London Benn Ltd., 1966, p.182-184
- Ekrem Akurgal, Ancient Civilisations and Ruins of Turkey: From Prehistoric Times Until the End of the Roman Empir, II ed., Istanbul 1970, pp. 170-171
- http://www.oeaw.ac.at/antike/index.php?id=30
- http://www.livius.org/am-ao/antiochus/antiochus_ii_theos.html
- Jona Lendering in: http://www.livius.org/articles/place/belevi-mausoleum/