hand made silk&wool rugs-carpets

The origins of the hand woven oriental pile rug in existence dates from the fourth century BC. This hand woven oriental rug known internationaly as the Pazyrk Rug, this oriental carpet was discovered in 1949 frozen inside of a burial mound in Siberia. Most oriental carpet historians believe the Pazyrk rug was woven in the Caucasus where the countries of present day Turkey, Iran, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Other oriental carpet historians note the similarity of the woven motifs in the carpet to the architectural motifs found at Persepolis, the ancient capital of Persia.