Steppe country near Bir Thamud ... George Dixon Aked

Steppe country near Bir Thamud ... George Dixon AkedSteppe country near Bir Thamud well, lush with vegetation that has sprung up after recent rain. In the distance members of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party rest beside two large trees. 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.

looking out of the window of a third-storey adobe house

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party standing beside a deep wadi near the well of Ma' Shadid

a type of wild goat) horns

Wilfred Thesiger's party taking a rest in As Saruq sands north of Liwa oasis during their journey to Abu Dhabi

Half length portrait of a young Bedouin man

A falconer's mangalah (cuff) and the falcon's burqa (hood) lies in the sand at the base of the wakir

Portrait of a teenaged Arab boy on the beach in Kuwait City

Portrait of a Wahiba man

behind which a number of camels are standing

This photograph was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from Marat village to Burayman

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)

On the right more people sit beneath a large canopy attached to a second hut with a pointed roof