Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Makoya

White on Blue (instead of the blue and white national Israeli colors) Magen David on the coats of the Makoya members who arrive to Israel.

Photographed by Zako and all rights are reserved to him.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Herzl in Caesarea

Magen David, Menorah and the Ten Commandments appear above Herzl’s statue in the yard next to the Caesarea Ralli Museum, which was founded by Harry Recanati in 1993.

Picture by Hayim Shtayer

Copyright: Hayim Shtayer 2008

See more Herzl pictures by Hayim Shtayer

Sunday, November 23, 2008

David & Goliath Ltd

Italian candies manufactured by Golis (=Goliath) Company with the Star of David symbol decorating the wrapping. These two names are meeting again like in a second life (Karma).

All rights reserved to Sabina Saad 2008.

Shipibo

Jose Manuel Chamorro sent me pictures of these most interesting hexagram art works. He added in Spanish (but I translated with Google translator):

I am enclosing some pictures I have taken of a carved stone of the Shipibo. It belongs to a tribe of the upper Amazon in Peru. I still have not found the meaning of these six-pointed star images.  Greetings

Copyright: Jose Manuel Chamorro 2008

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Herzl Sign

Two small white Magen David emblems on blue background are carved in the Herzl Memorial sign at the house were he was born in Budapest in 1860.

Photography: Tamar Hayardeni

Copyright: Tamar Hayardeni 2008
Source: Hebrew Wikipedia


Friday, November 21, 2008

Joaniki papa Vitanov


My thanks to Rossitza Ohridska-Olson who referred me to this impressive outstanding usage of the Christian hexagram in art works and who wrote to me:

These are 2 Christian icons from the Tryavna School of Icon painting authored by Joaniki papa Vitanov. They were painted in the beginning of his career (the historians put them around 1820). The artist was living and working in the Sliven region in Bulgaria. These  photos are from the site of the Bulgarian Orthodox Christian Church.

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Bulgarian Mosaic Floor

A colorful hexagram appears in a 2-4th century C.E.  mosaic floor excavated at a rich house in the Roman city Augusta Traiana in south Bulgaria. The city was built in 109 C.E.  The mosaic is exhibited at the Regional Museum of History, Stara Zagora.

Copyright 2008 Rossitza Ohridska-Olson - photographer (culturalrealms.typepad.com)

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