Star of David

A Solomon’s seal on a tombstone in old Mamilla, or Ma’man Allah(Sanctuary of God), a 13th century Mamluk Cemetery, which used to be, until 1948, Jerusalem’s main Muslim cemetery.

Picture is courtesy of sethfrantzman who published it on Flickr and asked:

what is the story behind the Star of David on the left hand side?

I guess the answer is connected to the Mamluks who used the hexagrams also on the walls of Jerusalem.

Picture is courtesy of MFinChina who published it on Flickr and wrote to me:

Here's another example of a Star of David showing up in a strange place: I think the shirt is promoting some music label or band -- I think it's connected with Rastarianism (there was sort of a Rasta color scheme to the front of the shirt), which uses the Star of David in its iconography too. The shirt is one made in China for the Japanese market.

Star of David Inside a Star of David Picture is courtesy of Ofira Oriel, Israeli mandala painter, who developed a special attitude towards the Star of David emblem.

Picture is courtesy of MFinChina who took this shot on a bus from Menghun to Menghai and published it on Flickr. MFinChina wrote to me:

I have no idea how that upholstery ended up on the bus -- maybe some foreign customer had requested a big order of this pattern, and whoever upholstered the bus used the remnants. I doubt the Chinese people on the minibus had any idea what the symbol means -- they probably just think it is pleasing because it is made up of lines intersecting in a symmetrical pattern. That's an important motif in Chinese architecture, especially of window design.

This Jewish Stained Glass picture is courtesy of "jgoldpac' from Flickr. 

The Star of David is first of all a geometric shape and this background of rhombs makes this point very clear.

Picture is courtesy of "Coblat" from Flickr who shot it inside a monument to the Holocaust in Poland and wrote under it:

The star is a Star of David, or in Hebrew, Magen David, which means "Protector of David."
I found this sadly ironic and symbolic.

In other words the question is why didn't the Shield of David, which was created for protecting the Jewish people fulfill its destination when it was extremely needed?