Stone carving (Zoomorph P) at Maya site of Quirigua, Guatemala Special Orders

Stone carving (Zoomorph P) at Maya site of Quirigua, Guatemala Special OrdersView of a large stone carving at the ancient Maya site of Quirigua located near the banks of the Motagua river in the department of Izabal, Guatemala. The photograph shows the west side of a carved stone zoomorph known by archaeologists as Zoomorph P, as it was first described by Alfred Maudslay in his seminal publication of the Quirigua site in his multi volume Archaeology (1889 1902). More recent scholarship dates the zoomorph (also known as

The buildings on the near left are topped with adobe and parallel lines of raqf (slate) tiles to prevent weather erosion

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party walking through a palm grove in Liwa oasis

and the (the mountain) Jebel Hafit visible in the distance

View of Al Khandaq Fort in Buraimi

and holds a rifle

wearing a bandolier and a dagger in a scabbard across his waist

On the left an Arab falconer carries a hooded falcon on a mangalah (cuff) on his arm

In the far background the square Shindagha watchtower is visible standing high over the district

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions resting under a tree in Al Ain / Buraimi oasis

In the distance beyond two low hills sit on the left and a few trees grow on the vast plain

Portrait of a saker (hurr) falcon belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party in the sands surrounding Al Ain

Portrait of a debtara (scribe)