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=Burial Ground=

=Archaeologists have put forward another theory that Stonehenge was a ceremonial burial ground. Burnt body remains have been found in many of the Aubrey Holes; the holes were dug before the burnings would have taken place, though.= =The Aubrey Holes may have originally been dug for the purpose of making a liquid offering to the gods of nature (ritual libations). The stone circles were, therefore, a kind of temple.= =The discovery of burnt body remains at the site would seem to indicate that funerals were performed there. The Aubrey Holes may have represented portals to the Underworld.=

= = =Scientists used radiocarbon dating from human remains digged up in the 1950s to show that about 240 people were buried there. Fewer burials in the early phase and greater numbers later suggest the dead came from an elite family, whose descendents multiplied as the years went by. =

=Reference:[| http://paranormal.suite101.com/article.cfm/why_build_stonehenge_][|http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=alaCjb8z18k0&refer=muse] =