[5] The tomb, in typical Silla style, is a wood-lined chamber running east to west and is covered in a mound of boulders and earth.

The chamber of the tomb contained a lacquered wooden coffin which had burial goods placed around it.

The name of the tomb derives from a famous painting of a white horse which is depicted on a birch bark saddle flap, also referred to as a mud-guard.

Additionally, the fact that the girdle in the Heavenly Horse Tomb is similar to a girdle found in the Gold Crown Tomb and the use of the dragon motif in gold plates which matches treasures in the Baekje King Muryeong also indicate a royal king was interred in the tomb.

[6] The tomb also contained a chest full of burial goods which including the aforementioned painted saddle flap, and also iron kettles, pottery, bronze vessels, lacquerware, saddles, and a 98 centimeter long sword.

The crown and cap was made by combining four gold plates decorated with bore patterns.