Editing Pazyryk burials (section)

===Pazyryk rug===
[[Image:Scythiancarpet.jpg|thumb|upright|The Pazyryk rug]]
One of the most famous finds at Pazyryk is the Pazyryk rug, which is probably the oldest surviving [[pile carpet]] in the world. According to some sources, it was manufactured in [[Ancient Armenia]], using the Armenian double knot and [[Armenian cochineal]] for the red color.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Ulrich Schurmann |title=The Pazyryk Its Use and Origin |date=1982 |page=46 |url=https://archive.org/details/ThePazyrykItsUseAndOrigin |quote=From all the evidence available I am convinced that the Pazyryk rug was a funeral accessory and most likely a masterpiece of Armenian workmanship}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Volkmar Gantzhorn |title=Oriental Carpets: Their Iconology and Iconography, from Earliest Times to the 18th Century |date=1998 |publisher=Taschen |page=51 |quote=Thus the Pazyryk rug will have to be regarded as one of the first testimonies to early Armenian work, quite possibly produced in the vicinity of the old textile centre of Ardashad in the south-western Caucasus.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Barbara Brend |title=Islamic Art |date=1991 |publisher=Harvard University Press |page=43 |quote=Whether the Pazyryk carpet was made in Central or Western Asia is a matter of debate, but Armenia in particular has been mentioned as a possible place of origin. As it happens, Armenia is also quoted as the source of rugs among which the Umayyad Walid b. Yazid sat to receive guests, though the technique used to make these particular floor-coverings is not certain.}}</ref> According to another source, it is an imported [[Persian carpet|Persian work]] because of its decoration,<ref>{{cite book|author=Alois Riegl|title=Problems of Style: Foundations for a History of Ornament|publisher=Princeton University Press|year=2018|isbn=978-0691656588|page=395}}</ref> but also the horse type, which seems Nisean. It measures {{cvt|183|×|200|cm|ftin}} and has a knot density of approximately 360,000 [[knot density|knots per]] square meter, which is higher than most modern carpets. The middle of the rug consists of a ribbon motif, while in the border there is a procession with elk or deer, and in another border warriors on horses. When it was found it had been deeply frozen in a block of ice, which is why it is so well-preserved. The rug can be seen at the [[Hermitage Museum]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia.<ref name="Carpet">{{cite web |url=http://www.carpetencyclopedia.com/pages/History-184.html |title=History of handknotted carpets |website=CarpetEncyclopedia.com |access-date=March 2, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pile Carpet |url=https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/25.+archaeological+artifacts/879870 |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=Hermitage Museum}}</ref>