Monks blowing radung, Kundeling Frame:gold

Monks blowing radung, Kundeling Frame:goldFour Gelugpa monks blowing ceremonial horns on the roof of Kundeling monastery. Two blow extendable trumpets, or radung, the ends of which are supported on ornate gilt trumpet stands decorated with eight auspicious Buddhist emblems and floral motifs. The monks wear yellow hats, maroon robes, brocade holy water bottles and felt and leather boots. Cylindrical Banners, which are auspicious emblems used as roof decoration, are decorated with pearls of

and in the background below one and two storey buildings

one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers

The palace is several storeys tall and has round turrets on the corners of the building

'Amair bin 'Omar's face is shaded from the sun by his ghutra (headscarf) which is wrapped closely around his head

Frederick Spencer Chapman with a cine camera in the Lhasa area

holding a rifle in one hand

In the distance beyond one and two storey buildings in the city of Abha sit close together

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger

with bundles of reeds lying on the ground

In the foreground a large compound of 'arish huts

Wilfred Thesiger sits at the centre

Portrait of a sailor on the mast of a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Dubai