An archaeologist of the "Groupe de recherche archeologique du Pays de Buch et de l'Agenais", a research group, carries out archaeological excavations at the Dune du Pilat in La Teste-de-Buch, southwestern France, on October 15, 2024. A new campaign of archaeological excavations will be completed on October 18, 2024 at the foot of the Pilat Dune, the highest in Europe, to find new traces of human habitation dating back thousands of years, before erosion wiped them out. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP) (Photo by THIBAUD MORITZ/AFP via Getty Images)