EXPLORATIONS OF A THRACIAN TOMB NEAR THE VILLAGE OF BANOVO (Igor Lazarenko – lazarenko@mail.bg, Elina Mircheva, Daniela Stoyanova) The diameter of the tumulus was c. 40 m. A tomb with rectangular burial chamber was discovered in the eastern periphery of the tumulus. The burial chamber was built of ashlars with different sizes and is 2 m in length, 1.30 m in width and 1.50 m in height. The ashlars of the lowest course are dug into the ground terrain. The floor level was made of rammed earth. Two primitive graffiti, probably showing a horse head and another animal or a bird, are incised on an ashlar in the northern wall. The entrance of the burial chamber is from the south and consists of two monolithic jambs, a threshold and a lintel. A primitive graffito showing a man, most likely holding a kantharos, and another unclear graffito are incised on the eastern jamb. A second wall of ashlars was built from the outer side of the southern wall with the entrance. The eastern side of the second wall consists of one ashlar showing a graffito of a man with outstretched arms walking to the right. The roof of the burial chamber consisted of three horizontal large stone slabs. The chamber is packed with a mantle of stones forming an outer core. There is a dromos built of uneven stones in front of the entrance of the burial chamber. The dromos is 2 m in length, 60 cm in width and 1.30 m in height. It was covered with horizontal large stone slabs. The ashes of a cremated deceased rested in the tomb. A bronze fibula, a ceramic askos and a lekythos, dated to the end of the 4th and beginning of the 3rd centuries BC, were found in the burial chamber. Sherds were discovered in the earth excavated by the treasure-hunters. A conic vessel, a dish, a jug and a cup were restored from the sherds. The Thracian tomb was built in the beginning of the 3rd century BC.