The Plain of Jars..

[fajrdrako]

I love archeological mysteries. And yet before today I never heard of the Plain of Jars in Laos.

Here's what Wikipedia has to say about it. How fascinating... I see now there are many sites, many with great photos, like this one from 7 Most Fascinating Asian Battle Sites (and this just after I'd been reading about Hiroshima!):



There are good photos at This Battered Suitcaseand The Asia Travel Guide - and really, many more. Almost as hard to count as those jars themselves.



Reminds me of Karnak, in Brittany. But of course Karnak isn't jars. Just... alignments.

Josephine Johnson describes the place:

Phonsavahn also has its beauty. The Plain of Jars, multiple sites of large sandstone-carved funerary urns dating from 500 BCE, are especially inspiring. They are breathtaking and full of character, seemingly immovable in the higher, drier climate of Xieng Khouang—elevation here ranges between 3,600 and 5,500 feet making for azure skies, crisp clouds, and bright sun. The landscape is more like an African plain or western U.S. cowboy outpost than the tropical jungles of South East Asia. But evidence of bombs and bombing remain. Hillsides are cratered from explosions, and cafes and restaurants display detonated bombies as a sort of grisly badge of honor, reminding citizens and tourists of what remains buried some thirty years after the war. Regardless of these scars, the area remains stunning, and the Jars transport the mind to ancient ceremony and respected ritual.

And I found this in passing, online: Plain of Jars Site #2 by Travelpod Member Derektrips: