Riyadh National Museum Bookmark Can be used as a

Can be used as a decorative item or as a book end

The black onyx centre represents the Ka’aba

Onyx with 24k gold on silver

The text commemorates an offering to the two deities of Ma'in

used in the South of the Arabian peninsula and pre-dating Arabic

Riyadh National Museum Bookmark Can be used as aThis bronze bookmark depicts an ancient Ottoman milestone. It was placed on the road from Damascus to the holy city of Makkah Al Mukarramah, also called Um Al Qura or mother of all settlements. In those days, the journey took almost five weeks on camel. However a typical pilgrim would have found much to keep him interested along the route. The long road was lined with mosques, like the Darweesh Pascha mosque which was built in 1517 especially to give