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🏺 Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars, Site 52

Archaeology & Antiquity Laos Asia

🏺 Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars, Site 52
Iron Age funerary landscape in northern Laos


🕐 2 min read · Updated 2 Apr 2026 at 05:17

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📋 Fast Facts
  • Iron Age site dating to 500 BCE – 500 CE
  • One of 15 core protected jar clusters in the UNESCO World Heritage designation (2019)
  • Jars range 1–3 meters tall and weigh several tons each
  • Carved from sandstone, limestone, granite, and conglomerate

Site 52 is one of the remoter and less-visited clusters within the Megalithic Jar Sites of Xiengkhuang – ...

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