x in stone

Thank you google screen saver screen. This came up as a screen saver on my computer. It is a Xunantunich, a Mayan ceremonial center located atop a ridge above the Mopan River in Belize. Do you see the cross stiches carved in stone?

What really caught my eye is that there is a rule in cross stitch that the top stitch be always the same way. For me I always do top left to bottom right as the top stitch. In the facade, the stitches flip. Interesting that this was named in honor of a woman…

A closer look at the cross stitch pattern carved into the facade.