View of the stone watchtower ... Frame:gold

View of the stone watchtower ... Frame:goldView of the stone watchtower at Al Maqta, a ford between Abu Dhabi and the mainland. In the near distance a tall circular stone watchtower sits in the middle of an expanse of flat water. In the distance beyond the the watchtower a low rocky outcrop runs along the horizon. 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.

playing rgyal ling oboes outside the walls of Melong Tradun monastery on the Tibet Bhutan border

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a sabkha in Al Humrah sands during the party's journey to Umm az Zumul

Portrait of two middle-aged Sa'ar Bedouin men sitting on the ground in the Raydat as Say'ar

on the left

holding a saker (hurr) falcon in the sands surrounding Al Ain

which sits below a high plateau in the background

Further behind large multi-storey buildings line the square

View of a round watch-tower constructed of mud and projecting tiles

Portrait of a Bedouin boy from a camel caravan at Al Mukalla

with the supporting arches formed from bundles of giant reeds

View of traditional buildings in the city of Abha

On the left a man wades through shallow water