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THE MYSTERIOUS JARS OF LAOS / By Jerry Redfern. Thousands of mysterious jars lie on the plains of northern Laos. The hidden menace of unexploded bombs dropped during the Vietnam War have kept most archeologists from exploring the area. But Belgian archeologist Julie Van den Bergh is working there with a UNESCO-Lao project to create a new World Heritage Site which would protect the jars, open them to greater tourism, and help figure out just what the heck they are. For more of Jerry's Plain of Jars images CLICK HERE.
 
 
Image No: jre03428
By: Jerry Redfern
Date: 22 Mar 2005
Country: Laos
Area: Xieng Khouang
Caption: Archaeologist Julie Van Den Bergh of Archaeological Assessments in Hong Kong, measures a broken stone lid found...
 
Image No: jre03454
By: Jerry Redfern
Date: 27 Mar 2005
Country: Laos
Area: Xieng Khouang
Caption: A group of jars is illuminated by moonlight and strobe in this long exposure under the nearly full moon at Site 2...
 
Image No: jre03422
By: Jerry Redfern
Date: 17 Mar 2005
Country: Laos
Area: Xieng Khouang
Caption: The lobby of the Vinh Thong Guesthouse in Phonsavan displays an amazing array of UXO (all defused and emptied of...
 
Image No: jre03406
By: Jerry Redfern
Date: 25 Mar 2005
Country: Laos
Area: Xieng Khouang
Caption: Serm Kham, a technician with the Mines Advisory Group in Laos, poses with a metal detector he used to find buried...
 
Image No: jre03480
By: Jerry Redfern
Date: 26 Mar 2005
Country: Laos
Area: Xieng Khouang
Caption: A young monk stands next to a jar at Site 3 near Phonsavan.
 
Image No: jre03473
By: Jerry Redfern
Date: 26 Mar 2005
Country: Laos
Area: Xieng Khouang
Caption: The sun sets behind the Plain of Jars Site 3 near Phonsavan.
 
Image No: jre03453
By: Jerry Redfern
Date: 27 Mar 2005
Country: Laos
Area: Xieng Khouang
Caption: A group of jars is illuminated by moonlight and strobe in this long exposure under the nearly full moon at Site 2...
 
Image No: jre03393
By: Jerry Redfern
Date: 17 Mar 2005
Country: Laos
Area: Xieng Khouang
Caption: A red stick marks the spot where a bomb was discovered and detonated by MAG during their bomb clearance work at...
 
Image No: jre03440
By: Jerry Redfern
Date: 24 Mar 2005
Country: Laos
Area: Xieng Khouang
Caption: A Lao technician with the Mines Advisory Group places a small red marker on a spot that set off the metal...
 
Image No: jre03434
By: Jerry Redfern
Date: 24 Mar 2005
Country: Laos
Area: Xieng Khouang
Caption: Technicians with the Mines Advisory Group use a large metal detector to sweep the grounds of the parking lot at...
 
Image No: jre03477
By: Jerry Redfern
Date: 22 Mar 2005
Country: Laos
Area: Xieng Khouang
Caption: A villager poses for a portrait as he takes a rest atop of a jar lid near Ban Phakeo. He spent much of the day...
 
Image No: jre03426
By: Jerry Redfern
Date: 21 Mar 2005
Country: Laos
Area: Xieng Khouang
Caption: Peerayot Sidonrusmee, left, volunteered to work as a GIS consultant with Julie Van Den Bergh, right, to map stone...
 
Image No: jre03399
By: Jerry Redfern
Date: 22 Mar 2005
Country: Laos
Area: Xieng Khouang
Caption: A worker with the UNESCO Preserving the Plain of Jars Project measures a jar near Ban Phakeo village.
 
Image No: jre03400
By: Jerry Redfern
Date: 22 Mar 2005
Country: Laos
Area: Xieng Khouang
Caption: A worker with the UNESCO Preserving the Plain of Jars Project and a local villager mark a jar near Ban Phakeo village.
 
Image No: jre03442
By: Jerry Redfern
Date: 22 Mar 2005
Country: Laos
Area: Xieng Khouang
Caption: A local from Ban Phakeo village takes a nap in a stone jar after helping the UNESCO survey team clear brush...
 
Image No: jre03427
By: Jerry Redfern
Date: 19 Mar 2005
Country: Laos
Area: Xieng Khouang
Caption: Julie Van Den Bergh of Archaeological Assessments in Hong Kong, displays a set of cutting tools found at Site 3...
 
Image No: jre03429
By: Jerry Redfern
Date: 19 Mar 2005
Country: Laos
Area: Xieng Khouang
Caption: Photo of a cutting tool uncovered at Site 3 on the Plain of Jars near Phonsavan. It is kept in the UNESCO office...
 
Image No: jre03397
By: Jerry Redfern
Date: 19 Mar 2005
Country: Laos
Area: Xieng Khouang
Caption: Close-up photo of a small, bead-like object found buried near the jars on the Plain of Jars.
 
Image No: jre03474
By: Jerry Redfern
Date: 25 Mar 2005
Country: Laos
Area: Xieng Khouang
Caption: Australian tourists Sarah Thodey and Matthew Wunsch listen as their guide Mr. Vong points out carving marks...
 
Image No: jre03448
By: Jerry Redfern
Date: 25 Mar 2005
Country: Laos
Area: Xieng Khouang
Caption: A lone jar is illuminated by moonlight at Site 2 near Phonsavan.
 
Image No: jre03469
By: Jerry Redfern
Date: 19 Mar 2005
Country: Laos
Area: Xieng Khouang
Caption: Foreign tourists listen to their guide explain the theories and history behind the Plain of Jars and surrounding...
 
 
 
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