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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #15720 on: December 16, 2024, 11:14:31 AM »
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #15721 on: December 16, 2024, 04:45:03 PM »


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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #15722 on: December 16, 2024, 06:15:31 PM »
Think you're a great Israeli tourist? Name that gate!







Shaar shechem.(Damascus gate)
Shaar arayot (lions gate - though thats not what they are)
Not sure off the topp of my head shaar zion maybe?


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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #15723 on: December 17, 2024, 07:21:46 AM »
Not sure off the topp of my head shaar zion maybe?
I can't seem to find any gate that matches that, unless it was changed considerably over the years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gates_of_the_Old_City_of_Jerusalem

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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #15724 on: December 17, 2024, 07:36:05 AM »
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #15725 on: December 17, 2024, 07:41:33 AM »

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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #15726 on: December 17, 2024, 08:06:52 AM »
So it's the other side of Shar Yaffo, taken from inside the city?
Your guess is as good as mine. I never said I knew the answers. (I'm a horrible tourist.)
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #15727 on: December 17, 2024, 08:42:50 AM »
I'm not a great tourist either but I thought shaar yafo because of the turn
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #15728 on: December 17, 2024, 08:46:30 AM »
So it's the other side of Shar Yaffo, taken from inside the city?

Sounds right. didnt think of what they look like from inside...
Any one have a recent pic handy?

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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #15729 on: December 17, 2024, 08:55:10 AM »



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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #15731 on: December 17, 2024, 05:53:02 PM »
Really old picture. They broke that gap in the wall when the German Kaiser came to visit.

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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #15732 on: December 17, 2024, 08:32:22 PM »


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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #15733 on: December 18, 2024, 12:35:04 AM »
Really old picture. They broke that gap in the wall when the German Kaiser came to visit.
1854 according to Getty images.
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #15734 on: December 19, 2024, 11:57:48 AM »


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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #15735 on: December 19, 2024, 02:20:09 PM »

i went back and gave him a like, he deserves it :)
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #15736 on: December 23, 2024, 09:41:43 AM »
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #15737 on: December 23, 2024, 09:45:08 AM »


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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #15738 on: December 24, 2024, 06:58:09 AM »
Old Tetris ad in Japan for the Famicom. For some reason, it features Henk Rogers, the guy who somehow got the partial rights to Tetris from the Russians.

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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #15739 on: December 24, 2024, 11:49:45 AM »
Old Tetris ad in Japan for the Famicom. For some reason, it features Henk Rogers, the guy who somehow got the partial rights to Tetris from the Russians.






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