Dr Dougald O'Reilly

Dr Dougald O'Reilly

College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University

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Sciences & Technology

Laos jars are slowly revealing their secrets

New dating techniques find that Laos’ stone jars may be at least 3,000 years old, but the sites remained significant for rituals until just 700 years ago

Sciences & Technology

Saving the secrets of the jars of Laos

The mysterious Plain of Jars in Laos, which is giving archaeologists clues to an ancient civilisation, has just joined the list of UNESCO World Heritage protected sites