Anglo-Saxon Burial Site. Image via the Daily Mail
The unknown female is buried next to a sacrificial cow and adorned with a variety of beads and jewelry. Both the decorations and the cow are symbols of economic prosperity, and hint that the woman (or perhaps her family) was extremely wealthy. Burial sites containing the remains of males and their horses are fairly common, but this is the first Anglo-Saxon tomb found to contain a woman.
Read the full story here: Who was she? Mystery of the bejewelled Anglo-Saxon woman found buried beside sacrificial cow in unique discovery
Thanks to our friends at the Daily Mail
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