Stone carving (Stela C) at Maya site of Quirigua, Guatemala Images of Wilfred Thesiger

Stone carving (Stela C) at Maya site of Quirigua, Guatemala Images of Wilfred ThesigerView 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 stela known by archaeologists as Stela C, 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 stela (also known as Monument 3) to

Muhammad bin Kalut and Salim bin Kabina

Full length portrait of two young Bedouin boys from a camel caravan at Al Mukalla

In the far left distance a date palm grove sits behind a ruined wall

Portrait of a girl and a boy at Al Haqu village

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions standing with two camels in a gravelly wadi bed in the Wadi Tayyah

View of lush vegetation in a date palm grove in the town of Al Hofuf in Al Hasa Oasis

The man is carrying a rifle on his shoulder

Portrait of a woman of the Sa'ar Bedouin sitting on the ground with a small child at Manwakh well

In the foreground a round tower sits on the right

thobe (ankle-length shirt) and a waistcoat stands to the left of a thoroughbred camel with a rope halter

Nearby a lifeboat sits on deck covered with rope

He also holds a rifle