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News channel or source: https://phys.org/news/2026-04-giant-jars-ancient-bells-bones.html
Published on: Wednesday 08 April 2026
Helping to preserve artifacts, some potentially 2,000 years old, was an irresistible privilege. Since 2016, an Australian-Lao team led by Louise Shewan, Dougald O'Reilly and Thonglith Luangkhoth has ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » Cryptocurrencies: Archaeologists found 37 people buried in one giant 'death jar'
News channel or source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/laos-giant-stone-death-jars
Published on: Thursday 30 July 2026
A newly excavated megalithic container holding skeletal remains in Laos may help finally solve the mystery of the so-called "Plain of Jars." The discovery of bones and other artifacts inside a giant ...