The Plain of Jars

Laos's Giant Stone Urns, the Lost People Who Carved Them, and a Mystery Buried Under the Bombs

von Elias Vance Holloway

132 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Two thousand stone jars. No name for the people who made them.On a high plateau in northern Laos, more than 2,100 giant stone jars lie scattered across hillsides and forest ridges - some taller than a man, the largest estimated at more than thirty tonnes. They were carved from solid rock, dragged kilometres from their quarries, and set in place by a people who left no writing, no settlements, and no name.Then, in the 1960s and 70s, the plateau became one of the most heavily bombed places on Earth.The Plain of Jars is the first full narrative account of one of Asia's greatest archaeological mysteries - and of the remarkable science that is finally beginning to crack it.Inside you'll discover: - The legends - the victory wine of King Khun Cheung, the giants who drank it, and what the stories really tell us- Madeleine Colani - the fearless French scientist who, in her sixties, excavated the jars in the 1930s and found a mysterious cave she believed was a crematorium- The Secret War - how the bombing of Laos cratered the sites and froze research for decades, and the bomb-clearance teams who made it possible to dig again- The shocking dating results - why the jars and the burials around them turned out to be separated by well over a thousand years- The "death jar" of Site 75 - a single stone vessel holding the remains of at least 37 people, buried with glass beads traced to India, Mesopotamia and China- Stone cousins - the mysterious jar fields of Assam in India and the stone vats of Sulawesi- Fact vs. fringe - giants, lost civilisations and "impossible engineering" what the evidence actually showsBuilt on the UNESCO World Heritage record, peer-reviewed research and the latest discoveries published as recently as 2026, this is a gripping, honest investigation into a real mystery - clear about what is known, and honest about what is not.If you love ancient mysteries, lost cultures and hidden history grounded in real evidence, scroll up and start reading today.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798176466430
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 22.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published