Archaeological Sites in Belgium

Cave Structures in Belgium (5)

Goyet Caves

Goyet Caves

The Goyet Caves are a series of connected caves located in Belgium in a limestone cliff about 15 m above the river Samson near the village of Mozet in the Gesves municipality of…

Cave Structures · < 4500 BC
Naulette

Naulette

Naulette, French: Caverne de la Naulette is a large cave located in Wallonia on the left bank of the Lesse, a tributary of the Meuse in the hills above Dinant, Belgium. In 1866…

Cave Structures · Undated
Scladina

Scladina

Scladina, or Sclayn Cave, is an archaeological site located in Wallonia in the town of Sclayn, in the Andenne hills in Belgium, where excavations since 1978 have provided the…

Cave Structures · Undated
Spy Cave

Spy Cave

Spy Cave (French: Grotte de Spy) is located in Wallonia near Spy in the municipality of Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Namur Province. The cave consists of numerous small chambers and…

Cave Structures · Undated
Trou de l'Abîme

Trou de l'Abîme

Trou de l’Abîme also known as La caverne de l'Abîme and Couvin Cave is a karst cave located in Wallonia on the right bank of the Eau Noire river in the center of Couvin, Belgium,…

Cave Structures · < 4500 BC

City/town/settlement in Belgium (2)

Elewijt Vicus

Elewijt Vicus

In the Roman period (1st-3rd c. AD), Elewijt hosted an important vicus at the junction of a secondary road (deverticulum) with the major Roman road connecting Tongeren and…

City/town/settlement · 1 - 500 AD
Tongeren

Tongeren

Tongeren is the oldest town in Belgium, as the only Roman administrative capital within the country's borders. The Romans referred to Tongeren as Aduatuca Tungrorum or Atuatuca…

City/town/settlement · 500 BC - 1 AD

Archaeological site in Belgium (1)

Veldwezelt-Hezerwater

Veldwezelt-Hezerwater

Veldwezelt-Hezerwater is a Palaeolithic archaeological site in the municipality of Lanaken, province of Limburg, Belgium, where excavations uncovered evidence of Neanderthal…

Archaeological site · < 4500 BC

Megalithic stones in Belgium (1)

Wéris Megaliths

Wéris Megaliths

The Wéris megaliths are a group of megalithic monuments found near the village of Wéris, in the province of Luxembourg, in Belgium. The megalithic remains at Wéris are scattered…

Megalithic stones · 4500 - 3000 BC

Mine/quarry in Belgium (1)

Neolithic Flint Mines of Spiennes

Neolithic Flint Mines of Spiennes

The Neolithic Flint Mines of Spiennes, located southeast of Mons, Belgium, represent one of north-western Europe's largest and earliest Neolithic flint extraction sites, active…

Mine/quarry · 4500 - 3000 BC

Temple in Belgium (1)

Tienen Mithraeum

Tienen Mithraeum

The Tienen Mithraeum is a Mithraic temple constructed in the Belgian municipality of Tienen in the third century CE. The ruins were not discovered until 1998 through excavation of…

Temple · 1 - 500 AD

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