First-Ever Evidence of 16th Century Festive Pysanka Eggshell Discovered in Western Ukraine
Blogpost by Ihor Cap
A 500-year old Pysanka
was discovered by Ukrainian archeologists in Western Ukraine. The decorative
goose egg is not only the oldest find in the city of Lviv but also the oldest
in all of Europe. Ninety percent of the intricate designs remain intact
on this festive egg. It was found about 5.5 metres below one of the 15th-16th
centuries water collectors out in front of a downtown building where
archeological excavation work was being performed. No one has ever found
any “written” designs on an eggshell before. The find is significant because,
until now, the earliest pysanky found in ancient Ukraine date back to the 12th-13th
centuries, and these existed only in ceramic form.
Based on the Following Source:
Junior archeological scientific worker, Ostap Lazurko, reporting on a YouTube post
http://youtu.be/gh3u75rPqPk
Published on Aug 9, 2013.
Print Screen Image Taken from
YouTube Video
Additional Reading About the
History of Pysanky, see
Pysanka
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
