View of two members of ... Afghanistan

View of two members of ... AfghanistanView of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting on the crest of a sand dune in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the distance scattered dots of vegetation grow on sand 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.

unloading a camel in a dry wadi

High dunes with sheer faces encircle the flat

The boy stands in the foreground holding his arms clasped behind his back

Portrait of two boys and a man of the Manahil Bedouin in the Jol region between Fughmah and Ghayl bin Yamayn

A boom sits in calm water rippled by gentle waves below a cloudless sky

with which the oxen are prodded

View of the monolithic rock-hewn church of Medhane Alam at Lalibela

In the distance the silhouettes of one and two storey houses are visible along the opposite bank

the highest mountain in Ethiopia (and fourth highest in Africa)

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party sitting on the crest of a sand dune in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands)

He balances a rifle

a tribesman of the Mudairiba lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one Wilfred Thesiger's companions