Stone carving (Stela K) at Maya site of Quirigua, Guatemala Size:large

Stone carving (Stela K) at Maya site of Quirigua, Guatemala Size:largeView 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 K, 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 11) to

Wilfred Thesiger's party during their journey from the Wadi Kidyut to Shib Waqtaat

Profile view of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking in the Al Dhafra sands

In the background Jebel Kawr rises high above the flat in the far distance

The sand is marked by a line of tracks on the right

A number of women sit in the shade on the left

Monks are gathered around with drums and offerings are laid upon a table in the centre of the temporary enclosure

Musallim bin Al Kamam's head is bare and he wears only a wraparound skirt

View of a gravelly wadi bed in the Wadi Tayyah near 'Aqabat ash Sha'ar pass

while the far ridge is brightened by the sun

Three men and a boy at Liwa at the entrance of an enclosure constructed from palm fronds

In the distance beyond the rolling downs continue out towards the far horizon below a cloudless sky

Seated half length portrait of an Arab man