A very interesting article presenting a very interesting approach to a very interesting mystery.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/07/10/stonehenge.fertility.reut/index.html

People believe what they want to believe. It's hardly suprising a retired gynecologist believes stonehenge was built to represent female genitalia. What a fucked up twat. Ludicrous is all I have to say, it's got NO basis in fact whatsoever.

Seeing the henges (and there are many besides this particular, famous one) as wombs where one is reborn is not exactly a new idea in archeology. Rather than worrying about the particulars of Stonehenge, archeologists have compared many henges, built from a variety of materials, over a long range of time, to get the basics that are always present. This sounds more like a merely interesting insight (the specific, um, anatomical details) that should have been tested and peer reviewed more before publication.

:m: Peace.

why the name "henge"?

A description, here. (http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/henge.htm)henge - abstracted 1932 from Stonehenge, which is first attested c.1130 as Stanenge, in which the second element is probably related to the verb hang, with a sense of "that which hangs in the air," and refers to the lintel stones:m: Peace.

thanks goofy

I don't know didn't most ancient civilizations consider the phallus a symbol of fertility instead of a women’s crouch?

'Fetus:
Patriarichal swine. :)
The phallus was generally used to denote aggression, or if as a fertility symbol, more virility than anything else. 'Maternal' fertility is generally represented by breasts (Diana of Ephasius, if I've spelled it right) or circular symbols - rather like Stonehenge.

But I'd say it's more of an observation than anything else. Stonehenge, if I remember correctly, is also aligned with certain constellations.

Goofyfish:
This sounds more like a merely interesting insight (the specific, um, anatomical details) that should have been tested and peer reviewed more before publication.

I have to agree. Looks more like an observation than anything else.

virility, fertility who cares to mumble about the differences :p

I have to agree. Looks more like an observation than anything else.

Don't you mean just another theory in the sea of guesses?

Originally posted by WellCookedFetus
I don't know didn't most ancient civilizations consider the phallus a symbol of fertility instead of a women’s crouch?

not in biblical times. i've studied the anthropological and archealogical aspect of the bible for a minor. i remember a week i spent looking at hundreds of slides of fertility artifacts, most depicting pregnant women, naked goddesses(little known fact that early jews worshipped goddesses alongside "monotheistic" one god), breasts, vaginal/vulval abstracts, wombs, and as mentioned before lots and lots of circles. i needed a cig after all that.

hey I'm not archeologist ok!