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Newton then excavated the site and found sections of the reliefs that decorated the wall of the building and portions of the stepped roof.

Also discovered was a broken stone chariot wheel some in diameter, which came from the sculpture on the Mausoleum's roof.

Finally, he found the statues of Mausolus and Artemisia that had stood at the pinnacle of the building.

In October 1857 Newton carried blocks of marble from this site by the HMS Supply and landed them in Malta.

These blocks were used for the construction of a new dock in Malta for the Royal Navy.

Today this dock is known at Dock No. 1 in Cospicua, but the building blocks are hidden from view, submerged in Dockyard Creek in the Grand Harbour.