Police has encircled the Golyama Kosmatka mound late on Monday night, to avoid any assaults or smuggling attempts against the Thracian tomb beneath believed to be the oldest and largest ever discovered in Bulgaria.

According to Georgi Kitov, head of the archeological team, police did not let archeologists leave the tomb until searching them all over for hidden artifacts.

He refused to disclose more details, but said that police forces, reportedly more than 50 men flocking around the mound late at night, backed with no arguments their abrupt actions.

A new gold treasure was revealed inside the three-chamber Thracian tomb dated about 25 centuries ago, which was probably designed to provide eternal home for a wealthy and mighty ruler.

The archeologists from the TEMP 2004 expedition have found a total of 74 artifacts, including 20 made of pure gold, in the unsealed third chamber. It appears to have stored the body of the wealthy man buried inside the tomb.

Local authorities negotiate for the option of being allowed to exhibit the numerous invaluable treasures from the so-called Kazanlak Valley of the Kings during half year, while the other six months the Thracian artifacts would be moved to Sofia museums.

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