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A Giant ‘Death Jar’ in Laos Held the Remains of 37 People for Generations
A Laos death jar has revealed something archaeologists had long suspected but rarely seen so clearly: at least one of the great stone vessels of the Plain of Jars was used to hold the dead. Inside a massive stone jar at Site 75 in northern Laos, researchers found the disarticulated remains of at least 37…
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Layers Beneath the Rice Fields: Ancient Artifacts Reveal Millennia of Life in Vietnam’s Ha Tinh Highlands
Archaeologists working in Vietnam’s central highlands have identified a dense concentration of ancient artifacts buried beneath active rice fields in Ha Tinh province—a discovery that is reshaping understanding of long-term human settlement along the country’s western frontier. The finds emerged in the mountainous border commune of Son Kim 2, where farmers in the Lang Che…
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Forest Rangers Discover Tham Ta Kueng Cave, Adding a New Chapter to Thailand’s Archaeological Map
A patrol in the forests of northern Thailand has revealed a previously unknown cave that could soon join the country’s long list of significant archaeological sites. The discovery, named Tham Ta Kueng (Ta Kueng Cave), was made in the Khwae Noi watershed of Phitsanulok’s Nakhon Thai district during a three-day expedition by rangers from the…