View of a ruined watchtower ... Sue Johnson

View of a ruined watchtower ... Sue JohnsonView of a ruined watchtower on the shore in the town of Ras Al Khaimah. In the foreground fishing nets are spread out to dry on the sand. On the left a man sits beside a watchtower in a state of disrepair. To the right of the watchtower a fisherman sits beneath a drying rack made of wood. Fishing boats are moored in the creek, and in the far distance the Ru'us Al Jibal mountains rise high above the horizon. Due to the nature of these images, prints

View of buildings at the fortress town of Shahra

Two of the riders at the centre carry peregrine falcons on their arms

The falcon rests on the falconer's mangalah (cuff) on one hand

In the left foreground three men walk along the shore beside beached dhows

A group of joined buildings sits in the near distance on the far side of terraced cultivated fields

Fishing nets drying on board boats at Beppu port on Kyushu Island

a Sayid (person having or claiming descent from the Prophet)

More recent scholarship dates the zoomorph (also known as Monument 16) to 9

rides at the front of a group of five camel riders

and in the far distance a line of trees

Fishing boats are moored in the creek

He is wearing a patterned izaar (skirt) and his hair is blown by the wind