BARCELONA, Spain — The discovery of five words inscribed on a 2,000-year-old bronze hand may help rewrite the history of the Basque language, one of Europe’s most mysterious tongues.

Inscriptions found on a 2000-year-old metal hand may be written in a language related to modern-day Basque. If this interpretation is correct, it could help explain the origins of the Basque ...

Beyond the possible connection to the Basque language, archaeologists also believe the hand may shed new light on the Vascones, a late Iron Age tribe that researchers believe gave rise to Basque ...

The Basques are one of the oldest cultures in Europe, with roots in the Basque Country going back thousands of years. “They have their own language which is not related to any other language in ...