What it tells us about the past: Easter-egg decorating is an ancient tradition with deep roots extending at least into the medieval period of European history. But archaeological evidence of them is ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Community members gathered today to partake in a Ukrainian Easter Egg Pysanka workshop on Sunday. Organizers say the art of Pysanka is over 2000 years old. Guests of the ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — There are a lot of Easter traditions in Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania and one of them is Ukrainian Easter eggs, or Pysanka eggs. "It was part of celebrating the Spring Equinox ...

The 19th session of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage has recognised Ukrainian pysanka (a type of Easter egg) as a cultural heritage of ...

Hamtramck ― Holding a raw egg in one hand, Nancy Wolny leaned close with a special tool that held beeswax in it and drew ram's horns on it, which represent strength. Participating in a workshop at the ...

New faculty join Bates in chemistry, religious studies, and rhetoric. Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college over ...