Basque State Towns StoryI. At the Dawn of TimeOnce the ice ages receded and the 1st human teams roamed the humid valleys of the Cantabrian Sea, the lands we now phone Euskal Herria ended up now a refuge. In the caves of Santimamiñe, Ekain, Isturitz, and Aitzbitarte, anonymous hands left bison, horses, and symbols that still seem to resonate today.