When one first thinks of Turkmenist

When one first thinks of Turkmenistan, it is the arid land and oil and gas wells that first come to mind. However, when it comes to art and culture, carpet making is by far the most predominant image. For a Turkmen, carpet making has the same importance as the pyramids do for Egypt. It is one of the oldest arts in Turkmenistan and the region. Archeological data places carpet making on the territory of Turkmenistan as early as the 6th century B.C. The remains of a carpet which archeologists found in the 1940's at Altai is two-thousand five hundred years old. Research shows that the design is very similar to the carpets of today.