During an additional archaeological intervention at the site of Gorna Porta (Upper Gate) in Ohrid (the street between Gorna Porta and the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos and the Icons Gallery) on the 18th of July 2009 a tomb was discovered marked as tomb No. 167 belonging to the “Gorna Porta” necropolis of the ancient Lychnidos that had been subject to the investigations north of this street, up to the bulwark of the Ohrid Fortress during 2002.

This tomb is located at only 6 metres to the south of tomb No. 132 where a golden ritual mask, golden hand coverage and numerous other golden, silver, bronze, amber and ceramic items were discovered. The pit of the tomb is at a depth of 2.20 – 2.50 m from the street surface and it is enclosed with amorphous stone and stone slabs (external dimensions of the tomb: 2.00 m x 1.00 m), its orientation being southeast-northwest. Remains of an inhumated young female were discovered inside the grave (with parts of the skull and teeth remaining). Particularly impressive is the set of gold foil items, all decorated in the same manner with inter-linked lines in the shape of the number eight (connected concentric circles with a plastic calotte at the centre). The golden foil in the shape of eye-glasses is likely to have been placed over the eyes of the deceased woman; the golden rhomboid plate on her mouth and a big discoid plate decorated with a rosette covered the part of the body at the heart. A golden belt (40 cm) covered the part between the chest and the navel. All these items had a ritual function to mask the face and the upper part of the body. Besides these ritual items, two golden earrings with conical granulated pendants were discovered near the head; four bronze and silver bracelets with snake heads where the hands would be; two bronze spiral bracelets at the legs; a long silver chain with ornamented ends; one decorative glass amphoriskos amid the chain, one silver double omega pin, amber beads for a necklace decorated with parallel notches, large amorphous amber items etc.

Based on all the indicators, this sepulchre can be dated to the first half of the 5th century BC, i.e. during the rule of Alexander I Philhellene (498 – 454 BC).