The Plain of Jars, in Xieng Khouang Province in northern Laos, is one of the most perplexing archeological sites in the world, on a par with Macchu Picchu of Peru, & the Maois (stone giants) of Easter Island. Here, in this forgotten corner of Asia, on a highland plateau 1000 meters above sea level, are hundreds of giant stone jars, in scattered groups, that were created & left behind by a ... (more)