The death jar: giant stone vessel reveals lost burial tradition in Laos (opens in new tab)

For more than a century, the giant stone jars scattered across northern Laos have been one of Southeast Asia’s oldest archaeological mysteries. And spread out over remote hillsides and forests on the Plain of Jars, they have generated hundreds of theories about how they functioned: storage containers, religious monuments, or a forgotten funerary tradition? This content was originally published on www.heritagedaily.com - © 2023 - HeritageDaily