Scientists now speculate that England's Stonehenge was a burial ground for much longer than had previously been believed. The site was used as a cemetery for 500 years, from the point of its inception.
Archaeologists have said the cremation burials found at the site might represent a single elite family and its descendents - perhaps a ruling dynasty. Their results suggest burials took place at the site from the initiation of Stonehenge, just after 3,000 BC, until the time the large stones appear at about 2,500 BC.
You can read more on the BBC News web site at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7426195.stm.
