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    ‘Bizarre cow woman’ found in Cambridgeshire Anglo-Saxon dig Archaeologists excavating an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Cambridgeshire say the discovery of a woman buried with a cow is a “genuinely bizarre” find. The grave was uncovered in Oakington by students from Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Central Lancashire. At first it was thought the animal skeleton was a horse. Student Jake Nuttall said: “Male warriors might be buried with horses, but a woman and a cow is new to us.” He added: “We were excited when we thought we had a horse, but realising it was a cow made it even more bizarre.” Co-director of the excavation, Dr Duncan Sayer, from the University of Central Lancashire, said: “Animal burials are extremely rare, anyway. Grave goods including brooches indicated the woman was of high status “There are only 31 horse burials in Britain and they are all with men”. Click through to read more about the ‘bizarre cow woman’…

    ‘Bizarre cow woman’ found in Cambridgeshire Anglo-Saxon dig

    Archaeologists excavating an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Cambridgeshire say the discovery of a woman buried with a cow is a “genuinely bizarre” find.

    The grave was uncovered in Oakington by students from Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Central Lancashire.

    At first it was thought the animal skeleton was a horse.

    Student Jake Nuttall said: “Male warriors might be buried with horses, but a woman and a cow is new to us.”

    He added: “We were excited when we thought we had a horse, but realising it was a cow made it even more bizarre.”

    Co-director of the excavation, Dr Duncan Sayer, from the University of Central Lancashire, said: “Animal burials are extremely rare, anyway.

    Grave goods including brooches indicated the woman was of high status

    “There are only 31 horse burials in Britain and they are all with men”.

    Click through to read more about the ‘bizarre cow woman’…