Bridge in the Rich Gol valley Thesiger Collection

Bridge in the Rich Gol valley Thesiger CollectionView of a bridge over a river in the Rich Gol valley, being crossed by a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, with a snow capped mountain in the distance. 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.

with a boy standing on rocks in the foreground

All the men are wearing ghutra (headscarves) and thobe (long shirts) with cartridge belts and khanjar (daggers)

In the foreground trees grow amongst farm fields

In the foreground a vast expanse of bare sand leads to a cluster of stone and adobe buildings

Monks blowing ceremonial trumpets or radung from the roof of the Chakpori Medical College

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Awarik sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

Sheikh Zayed with a falcon at Buraimi

a thoroughbred Omani camel

leading three camels behind him

View of men in boats

View of a house

with Salim bin Kabina carrying fodder for his camel in the foreground