Saturday, December 08, 2007
Matara, Sri Lanka
The walls of the "Star Fort" of Matara, Sri Lanka, are constructed in the shape of a six-pointed star. The fort was built by the Portuguese around 1550, but the Dutch captured it from them in 1640.
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Hexagram
Chennai Theosophical Society

The logo of the Theosophical Society is composed of a hexagram and of other symbols. Picture is courtesy of pickamuffin who published it on Flickr
Bialystok Pebbles

Photo of unique Star of David made from pebbels in a modest park in Bialystok is courtesy of Stephanie Comfort, who published it on Flickr and who wrote in the caption:
This is THE MEMORIAL to the thousands of Jews killed in Bialystok! A Star of
David in pebbles, a stele with a Menorah on top and some twisted iron!!!
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antique,
History,
Stephanie Comfort
Friday, December 07, 2007
Marrakech, Morocco

Photo of Solomon’s seal in an administrative courtyard is courtesy of Dave Hoggan from Picasaweb who shot it a few months ago in Marrakech, Morocco
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Solomon’s seal
Solomon's Seal on Crusaders’ Coins

Solomon's Seal on crusaders’, silver Dirham coins minted in Acre in the 13th century C.E. It is an imitation of Ayyubid coin of Al-Zahir Ghazi
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Christian,
History,
Solomon’s seal
Ayyubids of Aleppo -2

Solomon's Seal on aMuslim silver Dirham minted in Aleppo in the 13th century C.E. by Al-Nasir Yusuf II (1228 – 1260 C.E ) who was the last of the Ayyubid kings.
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Solomon’s seal
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Ayyubids of Aleppo-1

Solomon's Seal on a Muslim silver Dirham minted in Aleppo in the 13th century C.E. by
Al-Aziz Muhammad (1216-37 AD) .
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Solomon’s seal
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