Jars are the quintessential utilitarian workhorses – used for holding and storing things ever since humans realized they wanted to save something for later. Most often the thing was food and the jars were placed somewhere for safe storage, but some strange jars in Laos have mystified archeologists and historians because they were purposely placed outside on a plain and were used to store human remains. No, these were not food for cannibals, but the true purpose of these large jars on what is now called the Plain of Jars has been a mystery that just got more puzzling with the discovery that they’ve been sitting out on the plain for 2,000 years longer than previously thought. Will this new data help solve the secrets of the Plain of Jars?