{"id":619,"date":"2008-08-14T21:46:50","date_gmt":"2008-08-14T21:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/?p=619"},"modified":"2025-07-12T21:58:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T20:58:46","slug":"tower-of-david","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2008\/tower-of-david\/","title":{"rendered":"Tower of David"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We visited the Tower of David in the Old City of Jerusalem. The tower is named after David, the former King of Israel (from David and Goliath fame). It was built around 200 BCE, but has been successively replaced\/built on over the years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2008\/08\/tower_of_david_pan3_mode.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-620\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2008\/08\/tower_of_david_pan3_mode-440x155.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"155\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">The following are more parallel 3D images.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2008\/08\/tower_of_david_3d_2_mod-1024x334.avif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-621\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2008\/08\/tower_of_david_3d_2_mod-440x143.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2008\/08\/tower_of_david_3d_1_mod-1024x352.avif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-622\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2008\/08\/tower_of_david_3d_1_mod-440x151.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"151\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">To view the 3D photos, look through the page and merge the two images into one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We visited the Tower of David in the Old City of Jerusalem. 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