The tomb was discovered in 1944. The frame of the tomb consists of a brick burial chamber with a bell-shaped dome of 3,25 m height and 2,65 m diameter of the foundation and a diameter of the truncated top of 0,47 m. The entrance of the tomb is a rectangular door, formed of huge hewn stone blocks, which passes into a brick tunnel leading to the burial chamber. The corridor has a rectangular shape of 1,95 m length, 1,12 m width and a height of 2,24 m. The whole brick frame of the tomb is covered with a stone lining of chiseled stones fixed with clay.
The tomb is world famous for its murals. The walls of the corridor and the chamber are covered with white smooth plaster over which there is a picturesque decoration occupying an area of 40 m2. The central part of the murals is taken by a human figure. There are also plant and architectural ornaments in the murals. Four are the main colours of the murals - white, black, red and yellow and a rich range of their shades.
The region around the town of Kazanlak was part of the Odrysian State. In 1947 the scientists discovered the town of Sevtopolis, built by the Thracian ruler Sevt III at the end of IV c. B.C. Sevtopolis was a well-defended town with a temple-palace, a temple of Dionysius and a temple of the Great Thracian Gods.
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