In the history of mankind, there has been a stone age of 100,000 years, in which shocking miracles such as The Great Stonehenge in Britain, the statue of Easter Island in Chile and the pyramids in Egypt were born. However, in Laos, in the southern part of the continent, there is a more shocking and mysterious group of stone tanks.
The mystery of the Lao stone tank group
Discovery of the Stone Tank Group
In the Phang Sa Wan Chal Plain in northern Laos, there is a bizarre group of stone tanks. On this plain, there are more than 3,000 stone cylinders everywhere. These stone cylinders vary in size, with square and round shapes, the heaviest reaching 5 tons, and the lightest ones being a full ton. Moreover, each stone cylinder has a smooth surface and depression. What is certain is that these stone cylinders did not form naturally.
Lao stone tank array
Through carbon-14 testing, experts concluded that the history of these stone cylinders reached at least 3,000 years, when the mainland was in the early Zhou Dynasty. Through the analysis of the material of the stone cylinders, experts found that these stone cylinders are made of limestone, sandstone, marble, and granite grinding. However, the local area does not produce these stones, so how did they make such stone cylinders?
Photographs taken by archaeologists at that time
The unsolved mystery of the Stone Tank Group
1. The use of the stone cylinder is a mystery
In this regard, the Lao Cultural Relics Administration believes. Three thousand years ago, there was little precipitation here. The residents who lived here at that time made a large number of stone cylinders here in order to store water. However, if wood is used, it is both light and easy to manufacture, and this statement is obviously wrong. In this regard, some experts believe that the real use of these stone cylinders is sarcophagus, but no organization has been found in these 3,000 stone cylinders, and this hypothesis was quickly rejected.
Part of the stone cylinder array photographed by the drone
2. The production method is a mystery
Wave after wave, wave after wave, experts have also had a heated discussion about how these stone cylinders are made, and for decades, there has been no substantial results. Finally, in 1996, Lao experts found a site suspected to be made of stone jars in a clearing in the Chaar Plain. Here, experts find many stone balls. It is these orbs that unlock the secrets of the production and use of the Lao stone cylinder array.
Discover the stone balls
Originally, these stone balls had a grinding effect, when people whipped these stone balls through a grass rope woven from a local grass, and in the high-speed rotation, the stone cylinders were ground out of a groove. On the side of the stone jar making site, some experts found many items used in sacrifices, which also determined that these stone cylinders had a sacrificial role, possibly sacrificing local goddesses or gods.
However, there are still countless puzzles for the Lao stone tank array. For example, how did they transport the stone cylinders? And who made them? These puzzles have yet to be solved by experts.
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