View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... George Dixon Aked

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... George Dixon AkedView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party making camp on a rocky plain during their journey from the Ramlat Unayq, north of Al Ain Buraimi oasis, to Jabal Sumeini. In the foreground three members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party stand on either side of a large tree in the midst of a vast flat plain. Gear is scattered around the camp. A rifle and some bags hang off branches of the tree. Scattered patches of grass grow on the dry ground. In the

The party's camels are grazing on a large tree in the middle of an expanse of fine sand

Yellow hat on his head

Group portrait of a man (named Mangasha)

In the foreground Arab men unload bags of cargo from a few couched camels

which lies below Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet)

Rays of sunlight pierce through a canopy made from palm fronds and scatter dots of light on the walls and floor

Tall trees grow in the left and right distance

The Art of Mimicry by Sue Johnson 2011

The ground surrounding the hill is carpeted with sparse grass and tufts of vegetation

The Potala from the southeast taken from the heart of the city

flanked by two displays of markhor (Capra falconeri

Standing full length portrait of two herd boys from the Al Kathir Bedouin tribe in the Wadi Jarsis in Jabal Qara mountains