View of a salt flat ... Size:small

View of a salt flat ... Size:smallView of a salt flat and dunes in Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the foreground a large bush grows on the left in a flat sandy area at the top of a dune. Just behind the bush is a deep sand trough which leads to a second dune ridge. The second dune is marked by camel tracks and footprints. Beyond the depression is a large salt flat (sabkha), which is bordered by far wind rippled dunes and dotted with some sparse vegetation. Due

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party walking through a palm grove in Liwa oasis

In the foreground on the left a man walks past a tent made of woven mats

with a quiet

a 92-gun vessel of the Royal Navy

A large group of men and boys sits on the stern deck of a sailing ship in a calm sea

In the foreground a saddled camel walks along the crest of a low dune in rolling sands

holding a rifle across his shoulders

combing the hair of a man who is sitting on the ground

He wears a dark flowing bisht (robe) and a thick 'agal (head rope) over his ghutra (headscarf)

near the Dhahir mountains north of Al Ain

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger (left) with E

He died shortly after his return from the East