Belgium discovered traces of an ancient village at a construction site

Archaeologists from the Wallonie Public Service (Belgium) on September 29 discovered special archaeological traces at a construction site in the city of Ath.

Discover an ancient village at the construction site

This is a vestiges of a village dating from 6,000-5,300 years BC. This new discovery may explain the development of the city of the Géants (giants).

The area discovered traces of an ancient stone age village in Ath.(Source: Google Maps).

Archaeologists have found traces of the first Ath inhabitants in the area of ​​boatmen, between the canal and Mons, in the framework of the excavation of the reserve before planning a area.

During excavation, archaeologists found many pottery and shale jewelry in tombs and traces of columns similar to an early Stone Age village.

According to Isabelle Deramaix, an excavation archaeologist, these archaeological findings are important to understand the origin of the city because of the excavation site not far from the original village.

The tombs of Roman and Middle Ages and the road to Chièvre were also discovered by archaeologists a few hundred meters from the original village. This new finding is said to be very special. The digging on a large area helps detect traces of human life before being occupied by Roman troops.

Excavation has been carried out since last May and will end later this year.