Its decoration is rich and varied.
Pazyryk carpet museum.
Bc now in the hermitage museum in st.
When it was found it had been deeply frozen in a block of ice which is why it is so well preserved.
The pazyryk carpet was excavated in 1949 from the grave of a scythian nobleman in the pazyryk valley of the altai mountains in siberia radiocarbon testing indicated that the pazyryk carpet was woven in the 5th century bc.
The pazyryk rug is one of the oldest carpets in the world dating around 5th c.
The central field is occupied by 24 cross shaped figures each.
One of the most remarkable finds was the pazyryk carpet.
To our knowledge it is the oldest piled rug still in existence and is housed at st.
Read another story from us.
The pazyryk carpet was manufactured in ancient armenia or persia around 400 bc.
The advanced technique used in the pazyryk carpet indicates a.
There is a version of its iranian provenance.
The exact origin of this unique carpet is unknown.
Petersburg russia the pazyryk rug was found in 1949 in the grave of a scythian nobleman in the bolshoy ulagan dry valley of the altai mountains in kazakhstan the pazyrk rug had been frozen in the ice and it was very well preserved.
So the two nations have a clash over the origin and ownership of the pazyryk carpet.
Petersburg russia and wherever it was produced remains as one of the most beautiful and.
This carpet is 183 by 200 centimetres 72 by 79 inches and has 36 symmetrical knots per cm 2 232 per inch 2.
The museum s website description of this ancient rug is as follows.