Stonehenge mystery may be solved: Was it first-ever competitive reality show?

You might call it “Game of Stones.”

Scientists have floated a wild theory that Stonehenge may have been an ancient sports arena whose very construction was one of the ancient events.

Could this iconic world wonder actually have been the result of an ancient reality show-type contest?

“I think there might have been a sport in getting these stones here,” posited Win Scutt, who oversees the monument for historic site manager English Heritage, the Times of London reported. “Teams of people, a bit of competition, a challenge.”

Erected in stages over 1,500 years starting in 3,000 BC, the landmark in Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, UK, is perhaps the most famous prehistoric monument, although its function and the identity of the builders have been largely disputed.

Archaeologists have theorized it has been everything from a sacred cemetery to a healing center and even an ancient astronomical observatory because the stone circle’s axis aligns with the summer and winter solstices,

However, according to Scutt, it could have been a UK sports venue, where people competed in contests of strength and skill like a Stone Age Olympiad.

“I think there were probably games, just like the Panhellenic Games,” he said.

The large venue theory was based in part on masses of pig bones found at the site, many of which hailed from far away, suggesting that fans came from all corners of the UK to watch the event.

In fact, the competition aspect might even explain how the stones traveled such incredible distances as well.

The biggest sarsen slabs, which weigh about 25 tons, were reportedly transported from Marlborough Downs about 15 to 20 miles away, while the six-ton Altar Stone originated over 430 miles away in northeast Scotland.

Archaeologist Luke Winter claimed that Stonehenge was likely not built out of “goodwill,” as theories have suggested, but rather because people were competing against each other.

“It’s not just a group of mates coming together,” he said. “If there’s a little bit of edge, of competition, that’s going to help.”

Meanwhile, Scutt added that this rivalry would’ve been extra intense if the builders “were coming from different areas.”

He noted that there was evidence of “organized gang work” at Durrington Walls, a settlement two miles from Stonehenge where the wonder’s builders allegedly camped.

Interestingly, this theory comes as English Heritage unveiled an ambitious recreation of a prehistoric structure.

Dubbed the Kusuma Neolithic Hall, the ode to ancient architecture was erected by 100 volunteers using local materials and historically accurate methods — such as the flint axe — based on evidence from Durrington Walls, the BBC reported.

“This is the first building of this type — it’s definitely epic,” declared Winter, who oversaw the project, which will be used to teach visitors what life was like in the third millennium.

However, that was likely more collaborative than Stonehenge, according to the researchers.

While the game theory has been disputed, it could help explain the Stonehenge Cursus, a nearly two-mile-long earthwork situated to the north of the stone circle, the Telegraph reported.

Originally thought to be a Roman race course, Scutt believes it could’ve been a “place of gathering, display, movement and performance, perhaps even competition.”

One of his theories was that the space was dedicated to deer coursing, a barbaric pastime that involves setting hounds on game animals for spectators’ entertainment.