View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Images of Sheikh Zayed

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Images of Sheikh ZayedView of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling across high dunes in the region of Kidan plains (Suhul al Kidan) or Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions lead their camels towards a high sloped dune. One man is halfway to the top of the dune with his camels. 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

View of Ash Shuqaiq village

View of two camels belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a salt flat in Al Batin sands

pose on a sand hill in a vast flat plain

Further back another man stands in the street

Further beyond people walk along the market aisle

riding a camel during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to the port city of Sharjah

View of houses at Umsanat in the Anti-Atlas range of mountains

A line of footprints leads from the foreground towards a man

The monument was created during the reign of Sky Xul and marked the close of an era in the Maya calendar

stands behind the camels

Wilfred Thesiger (left) stands holding Ghazala's head rope in the midst of rocky sand littered with camel droppings

holding his hand near her udders