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Pazyryk
is a local name for a valley in the Altai Mountains lying in
Siberian Russia.
In
1994, Russian archaeologist "Sergei Ivanovich Rudenko"
discovered the oldest known “Knotted Rug” in the Pazyryk valley,
about 5000 feet up on the Altai Mountains in Siberia. This rug was
used to cover horses. The measurements of this rug are 2 * 1.83
meters with 3600 knots in sq.dm, which is woven in copper-brown and
light green colors. It was found preserved in the frozen tombs of
Scythian Chiefs, which were 2400 to 2500 years old. The Pazyryk rug
was found with a number of other objects including, Mummified body
of a man, a woman’s footwear, a musical instrument, a carriage, a
horse saddle, a bridle… All these discoveries are kept and exhibited
in the Hermitage Museum of Leningrad, St. Petersburg.
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