...a GIANT pussy!!! Yep, you heard it here first...

TORONTO, Canada (Reuters) -- Stonehenge is a massive female fertility symbol, according to Canadian researchers who think they have finally solved the mystery of the ancient monument in southern England.

In the arrangement of the stones, the researchers say they have spotted the original design: female genitalia.

The theory is laid out in a paper entitled "Stonehenge: a view from medicine" in the July issue of Britain's Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.

"To the builders of the henge, the most critical events in life were birth and death," Anthony Perks, a retired professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of British Columbia, wrote in the paper.

He noted there was no evidence of tombs built by the original builders.

"Of birth, we could expect little evidence. However, evidence may be there but so large as to be overlooked."

Viewed from above, Perks suggests Stonehenge's inner bluestone circle represents the labia minora and the giant outer sarsen stone circle is the labia majora. The altar stone is the clitoris and the open center is the birth canal.

"Could the outer avenue of Stonehenge...represent the way by which new life entered?" the article wondered, adding that when comparing "the layout of the henge with the anatomy of the human vulva. There is a distinct similarity."

Perks, who is traveling in England, could not be reached for comment.

The mysterious ancient monument on Salisbury Plain is recognized around the world for its circle of standing stones.

Perks said the ancient sacrificed child found at nearby Woodhenge bolsters his theory and said an excavation at Stonehenge could produce a similar find.

"In ancient societies, ideas of a dominant creator, a Mother or Earth Goddess, were widespread," Perks wrote.

"If ideas of Earth Mother originated with, or were shared by, the people of the henge, Stonehenge could represent, symbolically, the opening by which Earth Mother gave birth to the plants and animals on which the ancient people so depended.

"The henge would honor her for giving them both life and livelihood."

Scholars say Stonehenge, a World Heritage site, was built between 3000 and 1600 BC. For a time, it was used for ceremonial burials of local chieftains. Theories for why it was built range from a temple, an astronomy site, and a variety of spiritual and temporal purposes.

David Batchelor, an archeologist with English Heritage, which manages the prehistoric site, was hardly convinced by the latest speculation.

"I would be skeptical of that...but the Stonehenge people are entitled to draw whatever conclusions they wish. Some are more probable than others," he said.

"The only thing we can know with certainty is that we will never know why they built it. All we are left with is what has survived 5,000 years of time."

-- CNN.com Senior Writer Richard Stenger contributed to this report.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/T...index.html
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no wonder they have so many Dykes in that part of England

pej...are you sure thats how you feel about it?? lol

violett said:

Those are scientists. in other words - Men who have no sex.
No wonder they see women's genitals in everything they look at.

"Viewed from above, Perks suggests Stonehenge's inner bluestone circle represents the labia minora and the giant outer sarsen stone circle is the labia majora. The altar stone is the clitoris and the open center is the birth canal. "


The Barrow's look like ovaries!

well, it sounds like early pagan religions were more clued in to reality than modern christians then

YES!


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"And oh, how they danced
The children of Stonehenge
Under the moon
For fear that daybreak
Might come...too soon."
Nigel Tufnel
"This Is Spinal Tap"

DudeDrops said:

oookay.

DudeDrops said:

Nigel Tufnel: 'In ancient times, hundreds of years before the dawn of history, an ancient race of people... the Druids. No one knows who they were or what they were doing...'

'Stonehenge, where the demons dwell
Where the banshees live and they do live well
Stonehenge
Where a man is a man and the children dance to
the pipes of pan
Stonehenge
Tis a magic place where the moon doth rise
With a dragon's face
Stonehenge
Where the virgins lie
And the prayer of devils fill the midnight sky
And you my love, won't you take my hand
We'll go back in time to that mystic land
Where the dew drops cry and the cats meow
I will take you there
I will show you how'


David St. Hubbins: 'I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down. I think that the problem *may* have been, that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being *crushed* by a *dwarf*. Alright? That tended to understate the hugeness of the object.'
Ian Faith: 'I really think you're just making much too big a thing out of it.'
David St. Hubbins: 'Making a big thing out of it would have been a good idea.'

A giant pussy huh? well I'll be damn!

Fucking amazing...



Absolutely identical!

It amazes me how these old fart retired professors, keep coming up with bullshit to extend their already far too long careers. Drunk one night on 25 year old single malt staring at a satellite photo of stone henge (probably from his own personal satellite) ooo, looks like female genitalia. If I said it I would be laughed out of the royal college.

Sorry, it's friday, and I'm bitter.

Soapstone said:

Just saw stonhenge for the first time a few months ago--it's truly amazing and there's defintely some powerful aura in the air when you are there!!!