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A MYSTERIOUS collection of giant ancient jars where people dumped corpses a thousand years ago in Southeast Asia is still raising eyebrows nearly 100 years after it was discovered.
The spooky pots – dubbed the “Jars of the Dead” – are dotted around forests and baking plains in Laos are believed to have been used by remote tribes during ritualistic burials.
Thousands of the creepy urns have been found spread across the secluded mountains in the north of the country since French colonisers stumbled upon them in the 1930s.
Made of dense sandstone or granite, some reach a staggering three metres tall.
The majority date back to the Iron Age, between 500 BC and 500 AD.
Scientists still aren’t sure who built them, or precisely what they were used for, though skeletons at some of the sites suggest a link to burial rituals.
Experts believe the sites were ancient burial grounds used to dispose of ashes or corpses.
It comes after a separate team of Australian scientists in 2019 discovered 137 of the creepy jars at 15 sites across Laos, shedding fresh light on their elusive origins.
They are believed to be about 1,000 years old and were somehow dragged miles to their eventual resting places from far-flung quarries.
Urns are mostly arranged in clusters ranging in number from one to several hundred.
Soon to become a World Heritage site, scientists plan to continue excavations to uncover all they can about the ancient people of Laos.
And while they’re convinced the jars are giant ancient urns, locals have a different idea.
Legend has it the jars were placed there by giants more than a thousand years ago.
The mystical folk supposedly used them for victorious winemaking after a huge battle – though we certainly wouldn’t recommend drinking from one.
Elsewhere, researchers uncovered a medieval graveyard of “vampire children” buried with protections to stop them rising from the dead.
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The site was dug up in Koszalin, northwest Poland, with two child skeletons uncovered in the earth.
Archaeologists found the so-called “revenant” graves with the children buried in special pits without coffins.
Local folklore from the time shows the term referred to people who would come back from the dead to torture the living.
People would give them horrific burials, taking extreme measures to protect themselves.
The discovery in Góra Chełmska, a ridge near the city of Koszalin, dates back to the 13th century.
One of the scientists said the site bore signs of an “anti-vampire” burial, in a type of grave found all across Europe.
They were designed to stop the dead from rising – such as by placing large stones on the legs of the person being buried.
The body might also have been pierced with a lance to fix it permanently to the ground.
ASTON VILLA delivered a dream Champions League debut.
Youri Tielemans and Jacob Ramsey struck in the first half before Amadou Onana drilled Villa’s brilliant late third goal at Young Boys.
Yet Ebrima Colley had forced Emi Martinez into a smart save as the Swiss hosts looked tidy moving forward in the first quarter of the match.
Gambian winger Colley twice threatened again as the Swiss hosts appeared to get even more on top.
But just after Villa started to win more possession Unai Emery’s men snatched the lead on 27 minutes.
Tielemans took the ball down swiftly in a crowded box and drilled the ball into the far corner past turning backs and outstretched legs.
Ramsey soon doubled villa’s lead to confirm the growing maturity of their display – albeit punishing a dreadful backpass.
Ollie Watkins had a goal ruled out on the stroke of half-time.
But in the 86th minute Onana was left in plenty of space to round off a comprehensive victory.
And Ollie Watkins had a goal ruled out in first-half stoppage time.
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