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Éhein
Éhein (; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Neupré, located in the province of Liège, Belgium. It was a municipality until the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977. Caves The rock has many caves, the best-known of which are the Lyell Cave and the Rosée Cave. Early explorations of the caves were done by Philippe-Charles Schmerling starting in 1829. Subsequent researchers, including Ernest Doudou, have proven that the area was inhabited since the Paleolithic The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic ( years ago) ( ), also called the Old Stone Age (), is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone tools, and which represents almost the entire period of human prehist ....{{citation needed, date=October 2018 Gallery Engihoul Eperon-rocheux-ouest.jpg, Rocky spur of Engihoul, from the west. Left is the Meuse. Engihoul Eperon-rocheux-est.jpg, Rocky spur of Engihoul, from the east, starting at the quarr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyell Cave
The Lyell Cave, formerly called ''Grande caverne d'Engihoul'', is located near the ''Deelgemeente#Belgium, ancienne commune'' of Éhein, municipality of Engis, Liège Province, Belgium. It is one of many caves investigated or discovered by Philippe-Charles Schmerling, in 1831; the cave is named for a later researcher, Sir Charles Lyell, who visited the cave in 1860. Together with the Rosée Cave, it was classified as an in July 1988, making it accessible only to scientific researchers. The cave's troglofauna includes Belgium's only cave-inhabiting beetle, '. Location The Lyell Cave is located in Éhein on the edge of the valley of Engihoul, where the stream named Engihoul runs by the ''route des 36 tournants'', in a syncline formed during the Viséan, near the "Lion's quarry". Name Philippe-Charles Schmerling wrote of his searches in the "caves of Engihoul" in his book ''Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles découverts dans les cavernes de la province de Liège'', which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
