Les Eyzies is a small village in the heart of a region full of cliffs and rock shelters once used by prehistoric nomads hunters. It has a number of famous archaeological sites and museums. Around the town is the dark forest area that gives the region its name of Perigord noir. (2007)
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A view of the cliff that stands over the village of Les Eyzies and the national prehistoric museum built into it
A close up the cliff and the famous Cro-Magnon man statue. Some of the holes in the cliff are from the dwellings built by residents in the middle ages
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This small hole is “cro Magnon” (old French for “Magnon’s hole”) where the first skeletal remains of the prehistoric lineage were found.
Looking down a path through part of the forested area near the town
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