Just like today, people who lived hundreds of years ago had rituals and traditions associated with death. Methods of burial or tributes to deceased individuals often vary greatly from one culture to the next, and archaeologists are learning more about one of the more mysterious ancient customs originating in present-day Laos.
Researchers from the Australian National University recently discovered over a dozen new locations in Laos where thousand-year-old jars were once used in some kind of death ritual that remains poorly understood. The team documented the existence of over a hundred of the so-called “jars of the dead,” but the discovery ultimately creates more questions than it answers.
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Archaeologists discover bizarre ‘Jars of the Dead’ hidden in Laos originally appeared on BGR.com on Sun, 19 May 2019 at 15:14:52 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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