Mystery of the Valley of Pitchers in Laos: who owned the three-meter vessels

There are many interesting places on our planet whose secrets have not yet been solved by scientists. One of these is the Valley of Pitchers, located in Laos in Southeast Asia.

At the foot of the Annaman Range there are several sites where you can see stone vessels resembling jugs. The sizes of jugs made of granite or sandstone vary from 1 to 3 meters, and the researchers date their age in the range of 1200-2500 years. Similar vessels were found not only in Laos, but also in neighboring Thailand and northern India. Their total number can not be calculated, but it is known that there are several hundred of them. Directly in the Valley of Pitchers in Laos, there are about 250 mysterious stone vessels.

Not all jugs are round in shape, there are also rectangular specimens, and near some of them you can find stone discs, which are supposedly the covers of the vessels. Despite the fact that the scientists managed to determine the approximate age of the jugs, their belonging to a particular culture, as well as their purpose, still cause a lot of questions.

The most likely version is the manufacture of vessels during the spread of the Sahuyin culture, which existed until 200 AD. It is believed that ceramic vessels were made by this culture for ritual purposes and were used in the process of cremation and burial of the dead.

The Valley of Pitchers was hit hard by American bombing and ground warfare during the Lao Civil War in the 60s and 70s of the last century. But the clearance of this region has not yet been completed, so most of the Valley of Pitchers is closed to the public. Despite the fact that researchers have been working in this region for more than one year, the Valley of Pitchers is in no hurry to part with its secrets.