The Grotte du Sorcier (Sorcerer's Cave), discovered in 1952, was decorated by prehistoric men between 17,000 and 19,000 BC. It is in a cliff overlooking the village of Saint-Cirq and the Vézère Valley. Stone Age artists engraved geometric shapes, animals (bison, horses, ibexes) and depictions of humans – extremely rare in cave art – on the walls and ceilings. One of the human figures is world famous: the sorcerer, with a particularly large sex, considered by historians of prehistoric times as one of Europe's most beautiful engravings.
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