Bc now in the hermitage museum in st.
Hermitage museum pazyryk carpet.
When it was found it had been deeply frozen in a block of ice which is why it is so well preserved.
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.
One of the most remarkable finds was the pazyryk carpet.
Its decoration is rich and varied.
The exact origin of this unique carpet is unknown.
While focus is on scythian gold from the steppes of western asia includes sections on the pazyryk finds in the altai of southern siberia.
The pazyryk rug is one of the oldest carpets in the world dating around 5th c.
The pazyryk carpet was manufactured in ancient armenia or persia around 400 bc.
There is a version of its iranian provenance.
The central field is occupied by 24 cross shaped figures each.
Metropolitan museum of art.
The exact origin of this unique carpet is unknown.
The museum s website description of this ancient rug is as follows.
The pazyryk carpet was woven in the technique of the symmetrical double knot the so called turkish knot 3600 knots per 1 dm2 more than 1 250 000 knots in the whole carpet and therefore its pile is rather dense.
Joan aruz et al.
The state hermitage saint petersburg and the archaeological museum ufa.
The state hermitage museum.
Yale university press 2000.
To our knowledge it is the oldest piled rug still in existence and is housed at st.