Potala palace at the time of the Sertreng ceremony Iraq

Potala palace at the time of the Sertreng ceremony IraqPart of the southern face of the Potala adorned with two appliqud banners, Koku, (gos sku) for the Sertreng ceremony (tshogs mchod ser spreng) on the 30th day of the 2nd Tibetan month. The banners have images of the Buddha surrounded by deities and bodhisattvas. The Shol inscription pillar may be seen on the far left of the image. There are trees and grazing anaimals in the foreground. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs

In the distance beyond the sea stretches out empty and uninterrupted to the far horizon

standing and sitting on a wooden platform in front of their house

better known as Pedro Pino)

On the left behind him a water barrel sits in the sand

Rakashar's wife standing next to Rakashar's brother

View of people gathered at the wells at Ilaut

The structure is made from adobe topped with parallel lines of raqf (slate) tiles to prevent erosion of the structures by weather

More recent scholarship dates the zoomorph (also known as Monument 16) to 9

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Batin sands south of Liwa oasis

View of a herd of wildebeest

View of dunes in Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

View of a boy standing on a raft made from bulrushes