This series covers languages in order of their degree of crisis. We begin with Basque. According to UNESCO's classification, ...

Christopher Schouten moved to the Basque country in the 90s to learn a new language. But in doing so, he became one with a whole new culture. How is the identity of a culture transferred? For many ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

I am considering a trip to Europe to travel through the Basque country. Some people claim that Basques are the survivors of Atlantis, the lost continent. I’ve heard that Atlantis story, but never from ...

Though the Basque and Armenian languages share no superficial resemblances, they do share a baffling litany of words and grammatical elements. A few steps from the entrance to the Cathedral of the ...

A recent study carried out by researcher Eduardo Orduña Aznar of the University of Barcelona provides new data on one of the most persistent enigmas in the linguistic history of the Iberian Peninsula: ...

MERIDIAN -- Our live tour of the Basque Country may have wrapped up last week, but we are continuing to learn about the Basque culture. Here at home we wanted to try out some of the local versions of ...

In summer 2021, archaeologists in northern Spain were excited to unearth a flat, hand-shaped artifact made of bronze from a dig site not far from Pamplona. But only later, when they began the careful ...