"The Plain of Jars"...Laos. The large "jars' have been scattered about Laos and surrounging countries for more than a thousand years and more. One theory suggests that they were containers for storage along the merchants' trails to and from China. I've "seen," on the Travel Channel, what they are like...less than the height of a man and diameter of at least 5' or 6'. Some have been uncovered with human remains...some with salt.
The "secret war" with Americans during the 1960s left thousands of unexploded explosives scattered in and around the "jars." Innocent farmers throughout laos, over the years, have been managled when they dug into their fields and hit one of the abondoned explosives.
As always, suggest, to visualize, that you google to "The Plain of Jars" for those pics.
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