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Giant Stone Urns Hint at the Death Rites of a Lost People in Laos

These "death jars" may have provided a form of communal interment, archaeologists reported.

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These "death jars" may have provided a form of communal interment, archaeologists reported.

Thousands of mysterious containers lie scattered across northern Laos.

Thousands of mysterious containers lie scattered across northern Laos. These "death jars" may have provided a form of communal interment, archaeologists reported.

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These "death jars" may have provided a form of communal interment, archaeologists reported. Thousands of mysterious containers lie scattered across northern Laos.

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Thousands of mysterious containers lie scattered across northern Laos.

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