Persian Carpets...
from lowly floor coverings of nomads to splendor beneath imperial feet...
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The oldest carpet known to-date was found in 1948 in the burial mound of a Scythian (Sakâ) prince in the ices of Razyryk Valley in Siberia. The beautiful 'Razyryk Carpet' has been dated to 5 th century BCE Achaemenid Persia.
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| Razyryk Persian Carpet, Hermitage Museum, Russia |
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While Persians might not have invented the art of carpet weaving,
by all accounts they have perfected it.
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