It must be noted that all the stone mortars were cut out of the stone, which is atypical of this terrain. A lot of the interesting legends are connected with the plane of the clay jugs. As a legend tells, the locals used these huge mortars once for cremation of the dead. After the other version the huge stone mortars were used for rice and wine storage. The scholars have discovered that the age of the unusual stone formations is more than 2.5 thousand years.
Altogether there are almost 500 pitchers the suburb of Phonsavans. It is indisputable that all the huge stone mortars were carved out of the stone by hand. How the people did 2 500 years ago, however remains unclear. According to a Lao legend, the giants once lived in this picturesque valley, created by the gigantic formations. Archaeological research has been carried out in the valley since the 1930s. Every year the archaeologists discover the new unique facts.
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