Chapter 116

"Shawn?" Catherine’s shouts echoed through the burial ground. "Where the hell are you?"

"In here…" Shawn responded, "be careful…the floors are slippery."

Two minutes later, Catherine appeared at the entrance with a small light from the tablet PC in her hand. "What on earth is this place?"

"Come, let's see what’s down here." He knelt down in the centre of the rectangular indentation and started scraping away at the surface, working faster now that he had at least a minimal tool for the job. He added and motioned to his wife to see what he was pointing at. "This looks like Ban Chiang. I've been there before with my grandfather."

"What is that?"

"Ban Chiang, the... well- it was considered the most important prehistoric settlement so far discovered in Southeast Asia. It marks an important stage in human cultural, social, and technological evolution."

"Really? You mean, a burial ground?"

"Yes. The site presents the earliest evidence of farming in the region and of the manufacture and