Northeast Laos is home to one of the world’s most wondrous archaeological sites: the Plain of Jars. The awe-inspiring site is littered with thousands of enormous 2,000-year-old stone jars ...

Visitors follow their guide on a tour of Site 1 of the Plain of Jars near Phonsavan in northern Laos.(Jerry Redfern ... create a precise map of the jar fields; and identify key areas for ...

These new sites adds to the intriguing mystery of Laos Plain of Jars, affirming there is still much more to be discovered. Stifling progress has been the slow clearance of all the unexploded ...

The mysterious ‘Plain of Jars’ in Laos has long been a source of fascination to archaeologists and is now revealing more of its grisly secrets. The stone jars, which are up to 10-feet tall ...

[In Photos: Exploring the Mysterious Plain of Jars Site] An expedition of archaeologists from Laos and Australia visited the Xiangkhouang region in February and March this year to document known ...

The mysterious Plain of Jars in northern Laos — a landscape dotted with massive stone jars hewn from sandstone thousands of years ago — was likely used as a burial site for much longer than ...

Previously the jars had been dated generally to the Iron Age, between 500 BCE and 500 CE. But the team’s analysis found that they had been sitting there much longer – anywhere from 1240 to 660 ...

This is the story of certain artifacts located in Laos, stated Science Alert ... The artifact in question was the 'Plain of Jars.' The 'Plain of Jars' encompasses thousands of relics carved ...

New research conducted at the UNESCO World Heritage listed 'Plain of Jars' in Laos has established the stone jars were likely placed in their final resting position from as early as 1240 to 660 BCE.