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\nTHONG HAI HIN, Laos — The first time Sousath Phetrasy saw the huge stone
\njars
\nscattered in a grassy field, he was entranced. Carefully avoiding old unexploded
\nbombs in the ground, the Laotian businessman walked among hundreds of the ancient,
\nlichen-covered containers, each one large enough to hold a person. The biggest
\nweighed more than 6 tons.<\/p>\n
\n of Jars are one of the oldest — and unexplained — archeological wonders
\n of Southeast Asia. They have survived looters, the elements, and American
\n bombs, but for decades were largely forgotten in the chaos and conflict
\n that swept Laos.<\/p>\n
\n Laos. Experts believe that the urns were used in burial rituals, but
\n they know little about the people who made them.<\/p>\n