Iran has unveiled the world’s largest handmade carpet. According to BBC,
The carpet, which took 1,200 weavers some 18 months to make, is destined for a mosque in the United Arab Emirates.
Measuring 5,625 sq m (60,546 sq ft), the carpet was made in nine separate segments with 2.2 billion knots.
It was woven in Iran’s north-eastern province of Khorasan and is worth an estimated $5.8m (£2.8m).
Half of that sum is destined for the local area in Khorasan, where it was produced using about 38 tons of wool and cotton.