View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Size:large

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Size:largeView of Wilfred Thesiger's party during their journey through the Jol from Fughmah to Ghayl bin Yamayn. 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.

which is propped up with wooden piles

He also wears a ghutra (headscarf) tied closely around his head

In the foreground palm trees grow along the city walls

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through sand dunes in the vicinity of the Ramlat Unayq

The boom sits on the left

the 'mesa is about 700 feet above the surrounding plain

Traders stand with their pack donkeys at an open air market in front of the palace

Their headdresses of animal fur and ostrich plumes are typical of the period

rise high above the horizon in the far background

Behind the watchtower

Further behind them two saluki hunting dogs rest in the sand beside a clump of vegetation

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