View of traders and shoppers ... John K. Hillers

View of traders and shoppers ... John K. HillersView of traders and shoppers at the open air market in the town of Qalat Bishah. In the foreground two camels sit alongside a group of Arab men and a few children. In the right background a row of mud framed shelters sits at the far edge of the market grounds. 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.

In the foreground a few tufts of qassis (sedge) grow on the side of a sand dune

Two dry bushes poke out of the sand

members of the Duru Bedouin tribe

Other people are crowding behind him

The man on the left holds his camel stick in the air with his right hand

View of locals relaxing in a shaded street in Shibam

In the background a low dune rises behind the men

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Dhafara sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

Small salt bushes grow scattered across the open sand between the groves

heading towards the left

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands

while the two men ahead of him lead their camels on foot