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Laos Plain of Jars Landscape

A cluster of stone jars at Site 1 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 cluster of stone jars at Site 1 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.