View of two members of ... Sue Johnson

View of two members of ... Sue JohnsonView of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding camels through the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali), during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands. The camels are grazing on a bush. 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.

sits on a rock

The second dune is marked by camel tracks and footprints

holding a poling stick

View of people walking towards the gateway into the city of Al Mukalla

A man with a thick dark beard sits facing forward in front of some tall dry bushes

Behind him a large bush grows in the sand

Huts in the background

He wears a ghutra (headscarf) with a head rope and a thobe (long shirt) topped with a belt and a khanjar (dagger)

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

He wears a light thobe (long shirt) with a plain ghutra (headscarf) tied at an angle around his head

with the supporting arches formed from bundles of giant reeds

with cultivated fields in the distance