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Throughout the Xieng Khouang plateau in north-central Lao People's Democratic Republic thousands of stone jars, varying in height from one to more than three meters, lie in clusters on prominent hills. Due to the presence of these enigmatic jars, the area has become known as the Plain of Jars. Although local oral legends state that the jars are enormous wine vessels used to celebrate a great victory 1,500 years ago, archaeological evidence suggests that the jars are in fact funerary urns carved by a Bronze Age people around 2,000 years ago.
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