EXPLORATIONS NEAR KABYLE (Totko Stoyanov – totko.stoyanov@gmail.com, Rumen Mikov, Tanya Dzhanfezova) The Golyamata Mogila Tumulus, 7.80 m in height and 40 – 45 m in diameter, was explored. The stratigraphy of the tumular embankment was documented. Thracian sherds of the Early Iron Age and a bronze coin of Kardia minted in 350 – 309 BC were found in the embankment. Nine secondary inhumation graves, oriented east – west, were explored on the top of the tumulus. The grave goods included bronze bracelets and earrings, glass beads and ring, dated to the second half of the 4th century AD. A funerary pyre, 4 m by 4 m in size, was explored in the northern half of the tumulus. The pyre was constructed of at least five levels of longitudinal and five levels of transverse beams of fir, maple, hornbeam, hazel, ash and oak. Holes of vertical beams were documented. Probably, they supported a funerary bed for the deceased. The grave goods included a machaira, over 10 spearheads some of them with sauroters, a bronze wreath with gilded bronze leaves and terracotta and bronze fruits, a wing of a gold wreath, two iron strigils, a stater of Philip of Macedon (maybe posthumous) minted in Pella in 340 – 328 BC, a bronze bit, bronze appliqués, a terracotta lamp of Howland Type 26A dated to 360 – 275 BC, a black-gloss lekythos, two dishes, a Thasian amphora with a shape similar to amphorae with stamps dated to c. 333 BC, a Chian amphora and glass counters for gaming. The grave goods were rested on the funerary pyre before it was extinguished. A Thasian amphora stamp dated to c. 336 BC was found in the tumular embankment above the pyre. The burial dated to the 330s – 320s BC and probably some officer from the Macedonian military garrison stationed in Kabyle was buried there. An inhumation grave, oriented north – south, was explored close to the east of the tumulus. The grave goods included bronze earrings of the 3rd century BC.