More than a dozen fragments of a rare knotted silk-and-wool carpet recovered from the Burgzand Noord 17 wreck are believed to originate from present-day Pakistan, possibly Lahore, based on their knotting style and patterns.
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- Global Cargo - Archaeology Magazine - May/June 2018 (archaeology.org)
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