Stone Jars
One of the most important prehistoric sites in Southeast Asia is the collection of stone “jars” in Laos which date back to 500 BC to 500 AD. So there’s the really cool theory of what they were used for, and then there’s the more realistic, yet less exciting theory. Legends of Laos claim that giants who once lived there would store their alcoholic beverages in the jars after victorious wars. However, historians found human remains in the jars and concluded that they probably used them for burial. You decide which one sounds right.
Stone Jars
A Stone That Speaks
French soldiers who were rebuilding a fort in Egypt discovered The Rosetta Stone. The stone is a text written by a group of priests in Egypt to honor the Egyptian pharaoh. The priests carved in two languages (Egyptian and Greek) and used three scripts (hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek). It lists all of the things that the pharaoh had done that were good for the priests and the people of Egypt. The stone dates back to 196 BC, a pretty long time ago.
A Stone That Speaks