A Scythian/Pazyryk Horseman

This illustration is inspired by the famous historical evidence of human civilization. The Pazyryk Carpet with ‘Scythian/Pazyryk horseman’ (Circa 300 BCE) is one of the oldest known examples of a carpet in existence today. Discovered in a state of almost perfect preservation, it was pulled from a royal tomb in the Pazyryk Valley of Siberia, Russia, and has been dated to around the 5th century BC. This carpet now displayed in the Hermitage Museum, Russia, shows a Scythian horseman not only has the moustache but the handlebar style to match. This 2,500-year-old carpet is a stunning reflection of the advanced culture of the Pazyryk nomads.
The Pazyryk tribe lived in the Altai Mountains in Siberia, south of the modern city of Novosibirsk, Russia. They were horse-riding nomads and warriors, who traveled by horseback to trade goods with merchants in China, India, and Persia.
Much of their culture has been revealed through findings of a series of tombs found in the Pazyryk Valley, including mummified human remains with detailed tattoos, golden treasures, felt hangings, Chinese silk, pile carpet, wooden furniture, and household goods, which were preserved over the millennia due to water seeping into the tombs and freezing everything into solid blocks of ice. Human remains have revealed that the Pazyryk people were even carrying out advanced cranial surgery over 2,000 years ago.