Buildings at Seiyun in the ... Afghanistan

Buildings at Seiyun in the ... AfghanistanBuildings at Seiyun in the Wadi Hadhramawt. They stand at the foot of a mountain. 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.

Rows of square one and two storey buildings sit overlooking a vast empty flat

stretch out to the far horizon

wearing a thobe (robe)

surrounded by plants and flowers

In the left foreground a man is holding a rolled blanket

In the foreground trees grow on the steep slopes of a valley

Shongopavi 'is located on the point of a mesa which projects out into the plain

a Fitaurari (or commander of the spearhead)

In the far background Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's fort can be seen

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting on their mounts in the 'Uruq ash Shaybah sands of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

View of stone buildings in the village of Thurayban

Group of Humum Bedouin