Day: March 24, 2026

By Ken Hayes Fifteen years before our arrival, villagers working along the Mekong River floodplain in Bokeo Province, Laos, began uncovering unusual artifacts—several 6-12-inch bronze Buddha statues, lead religious medallions and other bronze artifacts that clearly did not belong to contemporary village life. Their discoveries pointed to something larger: the likely presence of a major Buddhist temple buried somewhere beneath the sandy soil. But how could a temple simply vanish? The answer lay beneath our feet. The site sits on … Continue reading “Lost Temple of Bokeo”