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A tube of almost four hundred feet long branching into three lateral galleries, Font-de-Gaume is the only cave in Europe still open to the public, presenting authentic prehistoric polychrome paintings: more than two hundred painted or engraved images of bison, mammoths, humans…

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A Museum that brings Prehistory to Life Since its creation at the beginning of the XXth century, the National Prehistory Museum has become a place of reference for Prehistorians and visitors alike. An extension, opened in 2004, provides improved, state of the art displays. More than 18,000 items are on show in a well-designed exhibition space of over 16,000 square feet. The layout valorises for instance, an impressive cast of a woolly rhinoceros (above) found in Poland, and at the end of a strange carpet of footprints (opposite) , the cast of an adolescent boy whose skeleton was discovered in Kenya. Additionally, there are impressive animal carvings in rock (below) .

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Fascinating Guided Tours

Organised by the National Monuments Center, the lecture-tours of the main archaeological highlights of the Vézère Valley, provide visitors with the best opportunity to gain insight into the lives of the inhabitants of these major prehistoric sites. The guides are excel- lent and the journey memorable. By registration only: +33 5 53 06 86 00.

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