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The Plain of Jars (Lao: ທົ່ງໄຫຫີນ Thong Hai Hin, [tʰōŋ hǎj hǐn]) is a megalithic archaeological landscape in Laos. It consists of thousands of stone jars scattered around the upland valleys and the lower foothills of the central plain of the Xiangkhoang Plateau. The jars are arranged in clusters ranging in number from one to several hundred. [1]
Megalithic Jar Sites in Xieng Khuang – Plain of Jars – the 3rd World Cultural Heritage of Laos recognized by UNESCO. From a distance, the Plain of Jars is like a chess board while the jars are like amazing plump chess pieces.
28 kwi 2021 · 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...
23 lip 2020 · Learn about the mysterious megalithic stone jars in Laos, a newly inscribed World Heritage Site. Explore the archaeological research, cultural significance, and conservation challenges of these ancient monuments.
7 wrz 2015 · The few travellers that make it to this remote corner of Laos will find fields of ancient stone jars. Who put them there, and what were they for?
6 maj 2023 · Spanning hundreds of square kilometers of rugged grassland is the Plain of Jars, so called because of the 3,000 massive, hollow stone vessels scattered across the land -- some weighing up to 30 tons and measuring up to ten feet in height.
Plain of Jars, dissected inner region of the Xiangkhoang Plateau in north-central Laos. Drained principally by the Ngum River, a southward-flowing tributary of the Mekong River, the plain is characterized by narrow river valleys and limestone and sandstone hills ranging from 3,000 to 3,600 feet.
