Persian Carpet
By newmoon | December 10th, 2008 | Category: Art, Culture | No Comments »The discovery of a Persian carpet in the village of Pazyrk in the Altai Mountains, in southern Siberia, shows that the art of pile-carpet weaving is probably as old as the Persian monarchy, for the Pazyrk treasures are said to date from the 5th century BC. From the fineness of weave of this carpet-it contains [...]