Stone carving (Stela A) at Maya site of Quirigua, Guatemala Miscellaneous

Stone carving (Stela A) at Maya site of Quirigua, Guatemala MiscellaneousView 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 A, 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 1) to

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party crossing a field during the party's journey from the village of 'Ar'arah to Jabal Mana'

In the foreground rope lies on the ground

Dances at wedding ceremony witnessed by British Association members

A number of men and boys rest on the deck of a sailing boat

a light thobe (long shirt) and holds a camel stick against his shoulder

View of downs above the Wadi Nihiz in the Jabal Qara mountains

A Bedouin man

sitting on the ground in the region between Shisr well and Mughshin Oasis

Portrait of Lawi

with a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party walking in the foreground

Man seated at entrance shows the height of the figure

Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions lead camels across a dune towards distant rising dunes