In 1924, two teenagers discovered the 24,000 year-old cave paintings in the Pech-Merle caves, on a hilltop near Cabrerets Village. Some of the finest prehistoric art in France, see bison, mammoths, auroch (an ancient breed of cattle) and fantastical monsters, dreamed up by Palaeolithic artists. The highlight is the 7-metre-long Black Frieze with 25 animals painted by a single artist. Analysis of bone fragments from the cave show that they were used as a holy site, where rites were performed before the paintings. Pollen analysis has revealed that human beings lived in the cave over thousands of years.