The origin of the Basque language, spoken by a few hundred thousand speakers, is a mystery. Specialists consider it “isolated’, with no known roots in other linguistic groups, notably Indo-European.
By analyzing a vestige in the shape of a bronze hand, dating back 2000 years, archaeologists are nevertheless in the process of finding a connection with it. The hand was extracted from the excavation site of Irulegi, near Pamplona, Spain. On this exceptional piece, made by the Vascons, a cultural group from the end of the Iron Age, researchers noted…