View of a square watchtower ... Iraq

View of a square watchtower ... IraqView of a square watchtower erected alongside farmers' fields in the region between the Tamniyah mountains and Al 'Abis village. 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.

on their way to a circumcision lodge

and a small rowboat is moored in the water at the right

Buildings at Seiyun

while a young man watches on the right

The man sits in profile on a camel to the left of the tumulus burial mound

some with multiple storeys

In the background a few large bushes grow on the flat plain amongst other vegetation

In the further distance three more members of the party walk and ride in a group

the 'hair is worn in this way so long as they remain unmarried

The red painted walls designate the holiest parts of the building

with a member of Thesiger's party walking in snow formations called névés pénitents in the foreground

In the distance square tower houses built of rammed earth sit atop a hill on the right