Another mural tomb dating back to Koguryo Dynasty (277 BC-AD 668) was recently unearthed in Posong-ri, Raknang District of Pyongyang.
The tomb consists of an underground stone chamber measuring 300 cm in length, 268 cm in width and 184 cm in height. The floor of the tomb consists of a lime base, which was paved with bricks before being plastered with a second layer of lime. The walls are made of stone, also plastered with lime. There are mural paintings drawn with black paint on the northern, eastern and western walls.
On the northern walls there is a painting showing a wagon which appears to have belonged to the hero of the tomb and his wife. The mural also depicts lines of soldiers holding spears.
Three-column ranks of cavaliers are represented on the eastern walls and a horse galloping toward the north and building on the western wall.
Golden objects and bells, silver nails and other gold-silver ornaments were also discovered in the tomb, along with bowls, pots, earthenware and bone-made ornaments and other relics.
The tomb is believed to have been built in the first half of the third century in light of the structural formation and depictions found in the mural paintings and relics.
Through the mural paintings, it was verified that the mural paintings of the Koguryo Dynasty had been converted to colour paintings from the single black tone originals.