View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Frame:natural

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Frame:naturalView of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the foreground a desiccated tree pokes out of the sand. In the distance men in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party ride across rolling dunes. 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.

Portrait of two members of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hawking party riding camels in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain

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

and a head rope

In the distance behind him a cluster of buildings sit at the top of a mountain

Portrait of an elderly woman (named Afara)

A large group of boys and a few men stand at the entrance to a suq (market) in Sharjah

Equipment and supplies lie in the sand to the right of the camel

Resting on the sand in front of them is a woven mat piled high with meat

The stonework of the bridge can be seen clearly

The falcon perches on the mangalah facing forward

with a group of women in the foreground watching them

View of rooftops and a rooftop shelter in the city of Abha