The Plain of Jars (Lao: ທົ່ງໄຫຫິນ) is a megalithic archaeological landscape in Xieng Khouang Plateau, Laos, the function and the maker of those stone jars are still mysteries, are they the works of extraterrestrial?
The Plain of Jars is dated to the Iron Age (500 BC to AD 500) and is one of the most important prehistoric sites in Southeast Asia. Lao and Japanese archaeologists have discovered human remains and burial goods around the jars and concluded that the jars were associated with prehistoric burial practices.
Countless stone jars scattered on Xiangkhoang Plateau. Between 1964 and 1973, the Plain of Jars was heavily bombed by the U.S. Air Force operating against North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao communist forces.
There are many bomb pits and trenches in the site, now they all become tourist spots.
Although people are not allowed to step on the stone jars, some tourists are still doing it, thus imposing damage to some of the jars.
Lao legends tell of a race of giants who inhabited the area and fought a long and ultimately victorious battle against an enemy. The king of those giants created the jars to brew and store huge amounts of wine to celebrate such victory.
Anyway, without the evidence of historical documents, the truth of these stone jars still remains a mystery.
