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The intact remains of 37 people have been found inside a 1,000-year-old megalithic stone jar on the Plain of Jars in Laos.
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » People: Inside the Laos villages where people build homes, canoes, and tools out of unexploded bombs left over from the Vietnam War
The US dropped more than 270 million bombs on Laos during the Vietnam War. An estimated 30% of the bombs remain unexploded and are scattered across the country. Some villagers use those bombs as scrap ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » People: In Laos, a giant stone jar finally yields its secret, with bones of 37 people inside
For decades, archaeologists have tried to explain the thousands of huge stone vessels spread across Laos' Plain of Jars in the highlands. A major clue has now come from one of the largest examples: ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » People: How Deadly Weapons Continue to Rule Daily Life
At the Vienthong primary school in Laos’ Xieng Khouang province, six students take out hand puppets made from clothing scraps and colored felt. Their audience — a class of around 15 children ages 3 to ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » People: Archaeologists discover remains of 37 people, including toddlers, inside an ancient giant stone jar in Laos; how Indian travellers can explore the mysterious Plain of Jars
Imagine you are walking across a quiet highland in Laos (officially known as the Lao People's Democratic Republic) and bumping into a stone vessel taller than a human being! Now imagine learning that ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » People: Plain of Jars, Laos’ stone vessels of the Xieng Khouang plateau
On the Xieng Khouang plateau near Phonsavan, the Plain of Jars scatters ancient stone vessels across the landscape, turning a Lao highland into an open-air mystery. Moderner Architektur-Render zeigt ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » People: Tourism development near Laos’ Plain of Jars to be studied
A private company will study ways to develop northern Laos’ Plain of Jars archaeological site for tourism, according to an agreement signed with Xieng Khouang provincial officials. The Plain of Jars ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » People: Inside the Laos villages where people build homes, canoes, and tools out of unexploded bombs left over from the Vietnam War
You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Decades after the Vietnam War ended, there are around 80 million unexploded bombs left in Laos.
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » People: Inside the Laos villages where people build homes, canoes, and tools out of unexploded bombs left over from the Vietnam War
Decades after the Vietnam War ended, there are around 80 million unexploded bombs left in Laos. Despite the danger they pose, some villagers use the bombs to build their homes. A woman poses at the ...