View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Africa 2

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Africa 2View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking in the Bani Ma'arid 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.

in the region west of the Hamrat ad Duru

while in the far left distance low rolling dunes stretch out towards the horizon

The nearest man

In the foreground at the far right a man sits on deck

View of adobe and slate buildings in the city of Abha

with crops drying on a roof in the foreground

Portrait of a boy at Old Sabya

riding across a sand flat in Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis

In the background area a number of one storey buildings sit along the beach

at a well near the city of Sharjah during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to Sharjah

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in the region between Khaur Sabkha well and Khaba well

third from left