Saru Posted May 21, 2012 #1 Share Posted May 21, 2012 An unknown tribe has left valuable clues in the form of 'body jars' found around the Cardamom Mountains. Perched in some cases on precarious cliff ledges, centuries-old log coffins—such as this one, pictured alongside researcher Nancy Beavan—and "body jars" are the only known traces of an unknown Cambodian tribe. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted May 21, 2012 #2 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Eleanor Rigby. Waits at the window, wearing the face That she keeps in a jar by the door Who is it for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Fluffs Posted May 21, 2012 #3 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted May 21, 2012 #4 Share Posted May 21, 2012 So these are actual jars, not the big hollowed out boulders from the Plain of Jars. DNA anaylsis will probably link these people to where they came from. Interesting custom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Voodoo Posted May 21, 2012 #5 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Thanks Saru. Great article. Khmers are sure interesting. Brainstorming told me-Plains of Jars... Seems to me that we have lot to learn about Khmer empire and people who lived there. People who built Ankgor Wat deserves more researching and exploring. Since Ankgor Wat was first Hindu temple I wonder does this rituals have origin in India? Btw recently I found out that Ankgor Wat is largest religion temple in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erudite Celt Posted May 21, 2012 #6 Share Posted May 21, 2012 (edited) The anthropologists have a brazen cheek to say that they put their dead 160' high in the cliffs to protect the remains from poachers! They should have put them higher to protect them from the anthropologists!!! Edited May 21, 2012 by Erudite Celt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted May 22, 2012 #7 Share Posted May 22, 2012 That's wild taking a risk with your own life to protect a skeleton in a jar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted May 22, 2012 #8 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Insert bad Jar-Jar Binks joke here..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csspwns Posted May 22, 2012 #9 Share Posted May 22, 2012 lol jarjarbinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor manhattan Posted May 22, 2012 #10 Share Posted May 22, 2012 they must have been very sacred to the tribe if they would put there remains 160' up a cliff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester Harlot Posted May 22, 2012 #11 Share Posted May 22, 2012 @Myles: All the lovely people...where do they all come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted May 22, 2012 #12 Share Posted May 22, 2012 @Myles: All the lovely people...where do they all come from? Ah, look at all the lonely people Ah, look at all the lonely people Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been Lives in a dream Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door Who is it for? All the lonely people Where do they all come from ? All the lonely people Where do they all belong ? Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear No one comes near. Look at him working. Darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there What does he care ? All the lonely people Where do they all come from ? All the lonely people Where do they all belong ? Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name Nobody came Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave No one was saved All the lonely people Where do they all come from ? All the lonely people Where do they all belong ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted May 22, 2012 #13 Share Posted May 22, 2012 from the article These sites have been found in various parts of the mountains including 160ft up a cliff presumably to prevent poachers from disturbing the remains. Yeah, well probably not poachers, probably more like grave robbers or archeologists. Good luck with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted May 22, 2012 #14 Share Posted May 22, 2012 from the article These sites have been found in various parts of the mountains including 160ft up a cliff presumably to prevent poachers from disturbing the remains. Yeah, well probably not poachers, probably more like grave robbers or archeologists. Good luck with that. Sometimes there is a fine line between the 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted May 22, 2012 #15 Share Posted May 22, 2012 from the article These sites have been found in various parts of the mountains including 160ft up a cliff presumably to prevent poachers from disturbing the remains. Yeah, well probably not poachers, probably more like grave robbers or archeologists. Good luck with that. You know what someone is going to come along and say pretty soon? That the jars were not placed UP the cliff, but down from the top, by the Aliens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Voodoo Posted May 22, 2012 #16 Share Posted May 22, 2012 You know what someone is going to come along and say pretty soon? That the jars were not placed UP the cliff, but down from the top, by the Aliens. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzI3mCgvuys Resistance is futile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Voodoo Posted May 22, 2012 #17 Share Posted May 22, 2012 That was a joke. Anyway I wish to learn more about Priya myth but only I found AA sites. Magical water to create stones sound interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emin Posted May 29, 2012 #18 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Seems reasonable for the resting place of the deceased to be placed upon a hill it is like a naturally formed temple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwaiser Posted June 1, 2012 #19 Share Posted June 1, 2012 This is really interesting...the bodies were put in the jars after the flesh had decomposed...jars and log coffins..could it be their way of preserving the dead? like how the eygptians performed mummifications? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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