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Laos Plain of Jars Site 3 Jar on its Side

A stone jar on its side at Site 3 of the Plain of Jars in north-central Laos. Much remains unknown about the age and purpose of the thousands of stone jars clustered in the region. Most accounts date them to at least a couple of thousand years ago and theories have been put forward that they were used in burial rituals.

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Plain of Jars / Xieng Khouang / Laos
A stone jar on its side at Site 3 of the Plain of Jars in north-central Laos. Much remains unknown about the age and purpose of the thousands of stone jars clustered in the region. Most accounts date them to at least a couple of thousand years ago and theories have been put forward that they were used in burial rituals.