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4 places in the atlas, 3 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇱🇦 Laos · Archaeological wonder
Bronze Age copper 2000 BCE–500 CE (Sepon culture) → Iron Age · Sepon Copper culture (Vilabouly Bronze, Truong ceramic? → Iron Age Laotian)
Ancient copper production complex and mine–foundry network (c.2000 BCE–700 CE) in the Vilabouly–Sepon valley of Savannakhet, Laos — 30 km copper smelting corridor excavated 2006–14 by Franco-Lao…
🇱🇦 Laos · Ancient temple
Chenla (5th–8th CE) → Khmer Angkor Wat (11th–13th) → Lao Buddhist (13th+) · Chenla Khmer (Hindu Shaiva) → Angkor Wat Khmer → Lan Xang Laotian Buddhist
Khmer Hindu–Buddhist temple complex and ancient city (c.5th–13th century CE, Chenla to Angkor Wat period) at Phou Khao foot near Mekong in Champasak, Laos — UNESCO World Heritage 'Vat Phou and…
🇱🇦 Laos · Temple complex
Chenla to Khmer Empire 5th–12th c CE (peak 6th–12th c) · Khmer / Chenla Hindu (Shiva Lingaparvata)
Khmer linga sanctuary (5th–12th c) at foot of Phu Pasak sacred spring mountain, aligned 1.4 km axial processional causeway from Mekong baray to cliff-top shrine.
🇱🇦 Laos · Megalith
Iron Age 500 BCE – 500 CE (some lids to 800 CE) · Unknown Austroasiatic? Ancestors of Lao-Tai
Megalithic landscape of >90 sites with >2,100 large carved sandstone jars (1–3 m tall, up to 14 t) scattered across Xiangkhouang plateau, carved 500 BCE–500 CE, associated with mortuary rites and…
