miss-mary-quite-contrary: The Pazyryk carpet is named for the Siberian valley in which it was found, in 1949, near Russia’s borders with Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and China. It is the oldest known knotted carpet, preserved in a Scythe tomb (kurgan) from the 4th -3th century B.C.

miss-mary-quite-contrary:

The Pazyryk carpet is named for the Siberian valley in which it was found, in 1949, near Russia’s borders with Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and China. It is the oldest known knotted carpet, preserved in a Scythe tomb (kurgan) from the 4th -3th century B.C.