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The bronze hand-shaped amulet is thought to have been a good-luck charm. It was found in 2021 amid the ruins of a 2,100-year-old building at Irulegi in Spain's Navarre region.
Image credit: Aiestaran et al.; Antiquity Publications Ltd
Image credit: Aiestaran et al.; Antiquity Publications Ltd

1 posted on 02/22/2024 9:34:06 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

I’m Basque, as this is very cool.


4 posted on 02/22/2024 9:52:24 PM PST by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: SunkenCiv; All

“Basque is the last surviving Paleo-European language spoken indigenously in Europe, predating the Indo-European languages of the Bronze Age...”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_language


5 posted on 02/22/2024 10:25:38 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: SunkenCiv
It would be handy if they had a translator.

I'll see myself out.

18 posted on 02/23/2024 5:01:15 AM PST by nonliberal (Z.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks, SunkenCiv!

Did you post an article years ago that speculated about similarities between the Basque language and the language of the Ainu people of Northern Japan?


19 posted on 02/23/2024 7:18:01 AM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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