石罐之谜或已解开

In central Laos, the landscape is littered with enormous stone jars. The discovery of human remains within them indicates a major role in mortuary practices, finds Chris Simms THE remains of at least 37 people have been found interred in a giant stone jar in Laos, reshaping our understanding of one of South-East Asia’s most puzzling ancient landscapes. Around the remote Xieng Khouang plateau in central Laos sit thousands of giant stone jars, some 3 metres high and weighing several tonnes. The Plain of Jars has long been thought to be an ancient megalithic site, but who made the jars and what they were used for have remained mysterious. …