Cap Blanc Rock Shelter

Cap Blanc is a Magdalenian-era limestone rock shelter discovered in 1909 by Gaston Lalanne in the Vezere Valley, Dordogne. Its 13-metre frieze of relief sculptures, carved over 15,000 years ago, depicts horses, bison, and reindeer, with the central horse measuring 2.2 metres long. In 1911, excavators found a nearly complete adult female skeleton (the "Magdalenian Girl") in front of the frieze, exhibiting the earliest recorded case of impacted wisdom teeth. The shelter is the only prehistoric sculptural frieze open to the public in situ and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 as part of the Vezere Valley caves.