Stonehenge's phallic temple theory

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Stonehenge monument

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Stonehenge key stone was sculpted to resemble a PENIS, scientist says

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Professor Terence Meaden , an archaeologist and retired physicist from the University of Oxford , claims that Stonehenge may have been a phallic temple.

He claims the central stone would have resembled a 2.6-metre-long ( 8.5 ft) anatomically correct penis.

Ancient Britons would have used tools to remove about 200,000 cubic centimetres of material to give the pillar its suggestive shape.

Professor Meaden even argues that the shaft contains 'realistic impressions of skin'.

The Stonehenge that can be seen today is the final stage that was completed about 3,500 years ago .

The monument is one of the most prominent prehistoric monuments in Britain .

It was built in four stages, including a ditch, bank and Aubrey holes.

Excavations revealed cremated human bones in some of the chalk filling, but the holes themselves were likely not made to be used as graves, but as part of a religious ceremony.

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