El Castillo, Chichen Itza

Chichen Itza,  was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya civilization. The archaeological site is located in the municipality of Tinúm, in the Mexican state of Yucatán.
Chichen Itza was a major focal point in the northern Maya lowlands from the Late Classic (c.600–900 AD) through the Terminal Classic (c.800–900) and into the early portion of the Early Postclassic period (c.900–1200). The site exhibits a multitude of architectural styles, reminiscent of styles seen in central Mexico and of the Puuc and Chenes styles of the northern Maya lowlands. The presence of central Mexican styles was once thought to have been representative of direct migration or even conquest from central Mexico, but most contemporary interpretations view the presence of these non-Maya styles more as the result of cultural diffusion. More...


El Castillo (Spanish for "castle"), also known as the Temple of Kukulkan, is a Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán. The building is more formally designated by archaeologists as Chichen Itza Structure 5B18.
Built by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization sometime between the 9th and 12th centuries AD, El Castillo served as a temple to the god Kukulkan, the Yucatec Maya Feathered Serpent deity closely related to the god Quetzalcoatl known to the Aztecs and other central Mexican cultures of the Postclassic period. More...

Thank you very much, Laura :) I like it :)

Happy forthcoming Easter Everyone!

Wooden bookmark from Mexico, with the strip of suede and ending made of beads.

Thank you very much for this wonderful Easters bookmark,Karen :)

Here's where I fell Asleep :)

Hand painted.

"And so to bed"

The bookmark is very soft leather or suede. It is very old, probably from the 1950s or 1930s. The inscription on the bookmark are : "And so to bed", indicating that many readers take their favourite book to bed with them and read when they are in bed, just before going to sleep.

I very like it !!! Thank you,very much Rick :)

Embroidered of Kashmir

This handmade leather bookmark is embroidered by Khanyar Leather Co-operative, Kashmir, in the style of traditional embroidery first introduced in the vale of Kashmir by Persian craftsman in the 15th Century. Both men and women still practise the crafts of Kashmir Embroidery.
Kashmir  is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range. More...

Thank you very much for this wonderful gift,Rick :) The is very soft leather or suede. I very like it  :)

Flowers

Flowers

Tikal

 

This bookmark from Guatemalan National Park with the mayan pyramids. 
Thank you very much my friend,Renolda :)


Tikal is one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centres of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It is located in the archaeological region of the Petén Basin in what is now northern Guatemala. Situated in the department of El Petén, the site is part of Guatemala's Tikal National Park and in 1979 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.      ^{All about Tikal here....}

Wisdom

For this wonderful bookmark  I am grateful to Renolda :)

Leather bookmark-similar to the breakdowns of the skin.