Wilfred Thesiger's party in the ... Iraq

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the ... IraqWilfred Thesiger's party in the Wadi Madi on the journey to Al Mukalla. 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.

Some are built into the rock face higher up

locally called saaf) at a settlement in the desert sands of Liwa oasis

surrounded by several large piles of reeds and other boats

Seated portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's retainers at Al Ain

In the foreground men haul water out of a well using ropes

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Huts and palm trees at a village in the lower Wadi Damad region

Watercolour painting by John Bolton Woodthorpe of three unidentified ships in full sail on the sea (circa 1830s)

sheltering in a nearby cave after the bombing of Bait Bosh by the Republican forces during the Yemen Civil War

View of several houses with wind-towers

On the left one man walks towards a tall tree in the right foreground

View of people at a souk (market) at Goulimine