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Plain of Jars

MegalithicAsiaLaosc. 500 BCEIron Age Southeast Asian

Hundreds of massive stone jars, some 3 meters tall and 14 tons, scattered across the Xiangkhoang Plateau in Laos. Iron Age (~500 BCE - 500 CE). Purpose unknown — funerary, water storage, or distillation theorized. UNESCO World Heritage 2019.

19.4329°, 103.1542°

Look Closer — this site carries open questions: stones heavier than the period's tools could lift; geometry beyond period explanation.
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