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.
Pazyryk carpet date.
When it was found it had been deeply frozen in a block of ice which is why it is so well preserved.
Article by nazmiyal antique rugs.
The pazyryk rug is one of the oldest carpets in the world dating around 5th c.
At over 2 000 years old the pazyryk carpet is the oldest in the world but its beauty remains timeless.
The pazyryk carpet was manufactured in ancient armenia or persia around 400 bc.
5th 4th century bc.
The pazyrk rug had been frozen in the ice and it was very well preserved.
Horseman pazyryk felt artifact c 300 bc.
The carpet can be seen at the hermitage museum in saint petersburg russia.
5 excavations by s i.
The pazyryk culture is a scythian nomadic iron age archaeological culture c.
Altai territory pazyryk boundary the valley of the river bolshoy ulagan.
6th to 3rd centuries bc identified by excavated artifacts and mummified humans found in the siberian permafrost in the altay mountains kazakhstan and nearby mongolia.