Archeologists plan to launch excavation works in the roundabouts of Old Bulgarian capital Pliska in search for an ancient town or mausoleum considered to keep the remains of Bulgarian khans.

The suggested royal necropolis is believed to reveal the burial sites of mighty Bulgarian khans Krum, Omurtag and their successors.

Not a single tomb or burial site of a khan or king from First Bulgarian Kingdom has been found yet, while those of later rulers of Bulgaria have been unearthed in different places inside and outside the country, the museum's director Bozhidar Dimitrov said. This fact hints that first Bulgarian rulers might lie buried in a single necropolis or mausoleum, he added.

The excavations are financed by the National History Museum and supported by geologists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Last summer archeologists announced the finding of a unique secret tunnel beneath the inner city of the oldest Bulgarian capital (681-893), which is located to the north-east of the country believed to keep the first settlements of Bulgarian state's founders.

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