Kazanlak Tomb

This is a Thracian tomb accidentally discovered by soldiers in 1944 while digging a trench. The tomb itself is both richly decorated and surprisingly small. Dated to the late 4th century BC, the entire tomb consists of a narrow corridor only a few meters long and not much more than half a meter wide, while the main burial chamber is a tholos or beehive-shaped tomb. It is about 3.5 meters high and about 2.5 meters wide at the base. Both the corridor and the main chamber are covered with richly decorated frescoes – the main credit for the great fame of the tomb. These are some of the best-preserved wall paintings of ancient painting dating from the early Hellenistic era.