Stonehenge: a bone orchard and not a fertility symbol, after all

According to the latest from the eggheads.

England's enigmatic Stonehenge served as a burial ground from its earliest beginnings and for several hundred years thereafter, new research indicates. Dating of cremated remains shows burials took place as early as 3000 B.C., when the first ditches around the monument were being built, researchers said Thursday.

That conclusion puts a kibosh on the feverish dreams of a certain gynecologist:

'There was a concept in Neolithic times of a great goddess or Earth Mother,' says Anthony Perks, a gynaecologist who decided to investigate the idea that the circles could have symbolic anatomical links. 'Stonehenge could represent the opening by which the Earth Mother gave birth to the plants and animals on which ancient people so depended.'

And on his further reasoning:

Even more convincing, says Perks, is the similarity between Stonehenge seen from above and the anatomy of the female sexual organ.

Yeah... After toiling all these years around the above mentioned organ, one would tend to find that similarity in almost any object, I submit.

Too bad, Mr Perks.