Wilfred Thesiger's party in the ... John K. Hillers

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the ... John K. HillersWilfred Thesiger's party in the sands of the 'Uruq ash Shaybah, in the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter). 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.

Wilfred Thesiger stands in a large expanse of flat sand to the left of the camel on which he made his second journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

Portrait of a boy of the Humum Bedouin

The well is located at the bottom of a sink hole below the crumbling walls of the fort

while at the left the remaining riders follow

and a khanjar (dagger) tucked into his cartridge belt

] by their presence

Behind it a number of square 'arish huts made from date palm fronds have been built on the field

The oxen are usually driven by two Indians

Portrait of Thesiger in Oman

People in Wilfred Thesiger's camp at Ghayl bin Yumayn

A falconer's mangalah (cuff) lies in the sand to the right of the wakir

View of yellow-flowering tribulus (zahra) and a sedge (qassis) growing in the desert sands some time after heavy rain