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a house you build so death has somewhere fancy to brag about you.

means A grand, free-standing tomb or building constructed to hold the remains of a person or family.

from From Latin mausoleum, from Greek Mausoleionthe colossal tomb built for Mausolus, a 4th-century BCE ruler of Caria in Asia Minor. His grieving wife (and sister) Artemisia commissioned a monument so spectacular it became one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. The man's name became the word: every fancy tomb since has been borrowing Mausolus's reputation.

named afterKing Mausolus, whose tomb coined the entire word
ancient wonderthe original was one of the Seven Wonders
earthquake fallsurvived 16 centuries before quakes finally toppled it
stone recycledCrusaders crushed its marble into a castle
living examplesLenin's body still on display since 1924
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