🏺 Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars
Iron Age funerary landscape, UNESCO World Heritage Site
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2019
- Iron Age cultural landscape (500 BCE – 500 CE)
- 15 core archaeological sites across Xiengkhuang Plateau
- Jars carved from sandstone, granite, and limestone; some exceed 3 meters in height
The Plain of Jars is a vast megalithic archaeological landscape distributed across the Xiengkhuang Plateau in central Laos ...