This 2,100 year old enigmatic bronze hand was discovered with the longest and oldest Vasconic inscription ever found. We know very little about Vascones. We know they lived in northern Spain, but we don’t know exactly when they arrived there or where they came from. We think that they are the ancestors of the Basques, but since barely any of their writing has ever been found, and their language is as-yet unknown, that’s about all we know. I actually find not knowing really exciting when it comes to archaeology. Not knowing something lights a fire inside me and it gets me excited in ways that I really don’t about much else. Sure, it’s nice to know how things happened, or how they work, but it’s the process of figuring it out, or how others figured it out that really interests me. Since this is just the beginning of figuring out the Vascones story, this is one of the most exciting areas of archaeology for me! #bronze #basque #linguistics #archaeology #ancienthistory #history #spain #hispania #liminalitytv #spanish #vascones #longform #longformcontent #education #science