# Roman-era 'frog feast' near Cambridge was the work of owls, bone analysis suggests

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1 outlet covering · First listed: Phys.org, Nov 11, 2026, 6:00 AM · Read it: <https://phys.org/news/2026-11-roman-era-frog-feast-cambridge.html>

Around 1,800 years ago, over 9,000 bones, mainly from frogs, ended up in an Iron Age/Roman gully near Cambridge. When archaeologists first dug them up, speculation soon followed. Were these the remains of a Roman frog feast or perhaps the skeletal aftermath of a ritual?

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- Nov 11, 2026, 6:00 AM: [Roman-era 'frog feast' near Cambridge was the work of owls, bone analysis suggests](<https://phys.org/news/2026-11-roman-era-frog-feast-cambridge.html>) — Phys.org (Science news)
  Around 1,800 years ago, over 9,000 bones, mainly from frogs, ended up in an Iron Age/Roman gully near Cambridge. When archaeologists first dug them up, speculation soon followed. Were these the remains of a Roman frog feast or perhaps the skeletal aftermath of a ritual?
