Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's camel ... Frame:black

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's camel ... Frame:blackPortrait of Wilfred Thesiger's camel resting in the Uruq az Zayza sands of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.

the stretch of water that separates Abu Dhabi Island from the mainland

One man stands to the left of the well

The sand they are crossing is bare and marked with small wave patterns

at Ahansal in the High Atlas range of mountains

Group portrait of male spectators lined up to watch a dance at a circumcision ceremony in An Namas

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting with their camels in the desert sands of Liwa oasis

The tower looks over a date palm plantation

The roofs are flat

a tribesman of the Bayt Mbarik lineage of Rashid Bedouin

in which he holds a small branch (used as a camel stick) and the reins of his camel

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party visiting with Wahiba Bedouin in the Wadi Halfayn

In the foreground falconer wearing a light coloured thobe (long shirt) topped with a cartridge belt and khanjar (dagger) stands in a patch of bare sand