A humerus bone found in Spain’s Basque country is uncovering dog domestication’s shrouded history. The study, published in the Journal of Archeological Science, details how researchers uncovered the ...

An inscription carved into a 2,100-year-old hand-shaped amulet from northeastern Spain seems to be related to Basque and may be a rare example of an ancient language spoken in Europe more than 5,000 ...

The Basque population inhabits the Franco-Cantabrian region in southwest Europe where Palaeolithic human groups took refuge during the Last Glacial Maximum. Basques have been an isolated population, ...

Archaeologists discovered an ancient bronze artifact, the hand of Irulegi, with writing in an early Basque alphabet previously unknown. Photo from Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi Archaeologists in Spain ...

Archaeologists in Spain have unearthed a 2,100-year-old bronze hand that both astounded and puzzled experts. At the foot of a castle on Mount Irulegi, the invading ancient Roman army attacked and ...

The oldest text in ancient Basque known to date has been discovered in the Spanish region of Navarre, inscribed on a bronze hand over 2,000 years old. An incredible discovery has been made in the ...

A surprising discovery from the genomes of eight Iberian Stone-Age farmer remains has been reported. The analyses revealed that early Iberian farmers are the closest ancestors to modern-day Basques, ...

Inscriptions carved on a 2,100-year-old bronze hand might be the earliest written example of the language that gave rise to modern Basque 1, archaeologists say. Basque — one the oldest living ...

More than 2,000 years after it was probably hung from the door of a mud-brick house in northern Spain to bring luck, a flat, life-size bronze hand engraved with dozens of strange symbols could help ...

An international team led by researchers at Uppsala University reports a surprising discovery from the genomes of eight Iberian Stone-Age farmer remains. The analyses revealed that early Iberian ...