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  • Simple graphic detail of an Omani "pillbox" minaret, tiled in green, with projecting loudspeaker, next to a few palm trees heavily fronded, against a plain bright blue sky.
    Omani_people_OMN200801-0305--3903.jpg
  • Omani man wraps a turban for an American woman tourist.  Her shy glance is seen over his left shoulder as he completes his demonstration of the technique.
    Omani-man-American-woman-OMN200801--...jpg
  • Oman, mud brick village of Al Hamra, largely abandoned.  Though some structures still endure, no restoration seems to be attempted.  Nevertheless at least some of the multistory mud brick apartment buildings are lived in and electrical wiring is strung along the street.  An Omani man in white dishdasha and embroidered traditional cap strides purposefully down the street.
    OMN200801--3699.jpg
  • Market day in the Sinaw souk, Oman.  Livestock (goats, camels), vegetables, and weapons on offer.  Men and women shoppers. Portrait of a woman wearing a black birka, or mask. Her eyes twinkle at the camera through the slit in the birka.
    Head of woman wearing birka -OMN2008...jpg
  • Oman, Nakhl fortress.  Built by Al Arabiyah dynasty imam who threw the Portuguese out of Oman in the 1640s.  Used until the 1950s as the residence of the local wali (governor). Restored in the 1990s. Coffee pot, incense burner, and oil lamp on a shelf near the entrance..
    OMN200801--3584.jpg
  • Silver belts, neckaces for incense and perfume, and daggers in their curved sheaths (khanjar) displayed on the red wall of a shop for tourists in Nizwa.  The wall is covered with bright red felt and the items hang from nails.
    Still_life_OMN200801--3769.jpg
  • Road across the hard flat desert of southern Oman.  View along the road toward a cloud of dust raised by a speeding jeep as it disappears in the distance.  Flat blue sky with wispy clouds above.
    Disappearing_dust_OMN200801-4064.jpg
  • Silver belts, neckaces for incense and perfume, and daggers in their curved sheaths (khanjar) displayed on the red wall of a shop for tourists in Nizwa.  The wall is covered with bright red felt and the items hang from nails.
    OMN200801--3769.jpg
  • Two men seated on a vast boulder in the Omani village of Misfah.  They wear traditional Omani dress of dishdasha and turban. One turns his head away and covers his face with one hand, not wanting his visage captured in the camera.
    Two Omani men seated on a boulder
  • Portrait of an Omani young man in white dishdasha and red turban, seen in profile against a blue sky and distant desert landscape.  He is a guide at the ruins of the ancient port city of Sumhuram, southern Oman.
    Profile of a young Omani in red turban
  • Market day in the Sinaw souk, Oman.  Livestock (goats, camels), vegetables, and weapons on offer.  Men and women shoppers. Two men wearing traditional outfits negotiate the sale and purchase of a rifle and/or a traditional Omani curved dagger.
    Omani_people_OMN200801--3882.jpg
  • Scenes in the Omani mud brick village of Misfah, where homes and apartments are still occupied.  Alley and electric pole wired with multiple electric wires leading off down the alley; windows of homes newly framed and plastered though walls are ancient.
    Omani mud brick village of Misfah
  • Scene in the Omani mud brick village of Misfah : traditional homes and apartments still occupied and wired for electricity.  Utility pole festooned with parallel strands of electrical wires, casting shadows on the mud brick walls.  Early afternoon sun casting heavy angular shadows on the mud brick walls.
    Omani Mud brick village of Misfah
  • Scenes in the Omani mud brick village of Misfah : approach tunnel, with painted Omani flag indicating walking route for tourists. Tourist with camera just visible in the shadows.
    Entrance to Misfah village, Oman
  • Two elderly men seated in the Omani village of Misfah.  They wear traditional Omani dress of dishdasha and turban.
    OMN200801--3675.jpg
  • Oman, Sumhuram ruins, views over the remains toward the Indian Ocean and the ancient harbor.  An Omani man explores the area, having never been there before.
    Sumhuram_archaeological_site_OMN2008...jpg
  • Oman, Sumhuram ruins, views over the remains toward the Indian Ocean and the ancient harbor.  An Omani man explores the area, having never been there before.
    OMN200801--4109.jpg
  • Portrait of an Omani young man in white dishdasha and red turban, seen in profile against a blue sky and distant desert landscape.  He is a guide at the ruins of the ancient port city of Sumhuram, southern Oman.
    OMN200801--4105.jpg
  • Omani man wraps a turban for an American woman.
    OMN200801--4071.jpg
  • Tourists at an Omani lunch served on the floor.
    OMN200801--4163.jpg
  • Muscat, harbor behind Sultan's Palace, view across to Jelali fort, built by the Portuguese in the 16th century and still used by the Omani military.
    Jelali fort, Muscat
  • Mattrah, Muscat. Fish market with piles of fish, sellers, and buyers, in traditional Omani dress.  All are men.  One buyer hands money to a seller who in turn hands over a plastic bag of fish that he has bought.
    OMN200801--3538.jpg
  • The souk at Nizwa with displays of traditional Omani pottery shapes.  Harriet Weller, Archaeological Tours participant.
    OMN200801--3776.jpg
  • Palace of Sultan Qaboos, Muscat.  Modern structure, approach avenue, row of street lsmps, polished marble sidewalk.  Omani men wearing dishdashas cross the street.
    OMN200801--3555.jpg
  • Omani coastal scene of a shallow inlet where boats are beached, and a 17th century watchtower tops a hill opposite.  In the foreground, closeup of the stern of a traditional dhow, of the sambuq style, with its carved and painted wooden decoration.  A small rowboat is beached alongside.  Sheets, hawsers, and ropes stretch across the image.
    Stern of a beached dhow
  • Oman, in the village of Mirbat.  Four laughing children seated together on a bench outside one of the village houses.
    Four-laughing-children-Omani-OMN2008...jpg
  • Oman, Wadi Bani Khalid.  Two drummers and a row of village men in traditional clothing dance and sing in the street, waving canes,  before a wedding. Two little boys watch their elders, imitating them.
    Omani_people_OMN200801--3968.jpg
  • Market day in the Sinaw souk, Oman.  Livestock (goats, camels), vegetables, and weapons on offer.  Men and women shoppers.  Woman in red overdress wearing stiff black birka, seen in profile; her downcast gaze is visible through its eyehole.
    Omani_people_OMN200801--3884.jpg
  • Oman, village of Samad, home of traditional pit weavers. Portrait of elderly bearded man in traditional dress of white dishdasha and wrapped turban.  He smiles enigmatically.
    Omani_people_OMN200801--3811.jpg
  • Market day in the Sinaw souk, Oman.  Livestock (goats, camels), vegetables, and weapons on offer.  Men and women shoppers. Two men negotiate the sale and purchase of a rifle.
    Two-Omani-men-negotiationg-sale-OMN2...jpg
  • Oman, village of Samad, home of traditional pit weavers.  Weaver at work on a length of red silk, seen from above since he sits in a hole in the ground.  His hands and arms show motion blur from throwing the shuttle.
    Omani_people_OMN200801--3795.jpg
  • Oman, in the village of Mirbat.  Facade of a brand new house in traditional design.  Open central doorway, carved wooden doors.  Children looking out of upper window.
    Omani_house_OMN200801--4119.jpg
  • Lecturer and guide Dr. Trevor Marchand, of London's School of Oriental and African Studies, [ SOAS ] explaining the history and architecture of the mud brick village of Al Hamra, Oman, to a group of tourists.   Most listen attentively; one woman focuses her camera elsewhere.  Ruined mud brick home at left, repaired mud brick multi story building in the background.
    tourists-Omani-village-OMN200801--36...jpg
  • Oman, view of the sinkhole at Ubar (also known as Shisr or Wubar).  Remains of stone built walls, with sinkhole below into which the ancient site fell. Though the Quran story describes a wealthy city which vanished, this site was most probably a walled caravanserai around a water hole.  About 30 campsites have been identified in the vicinity.  Site identified by Wilfred Thesiger and Nicholas Clapp in 1990, using satellite photographs.
    Oman_Wubar_ruins_Ancient_Oman_Omani_...jpg
  • Market day in the Sinaw souk, Oman.  Livestock (goats, camels), vegetables, and weapons on offer.  Men and women shoppers.  Woman in red overdress wearing stiff black birka, buying vegetables and speaking to a man stall keeper.  Men shopping or keeping stalls beyond, all wearing traditional dishdashas.  Atmosphere of bustle and noise of many voices talking at once.
    Omani_people_OMN200801--3890.jpg
  • Oman, mud brick village of Al Hamra, largely abandoned.  Though some structures still endure, and show some basic maintenance, little restoration seems to be attempted. Here a man wearing white dishdasha and red cap strides, arms swinging, down a street under a heavy electrical wire. Bright midday sun casts heavy shadows.
    Omani mud brick village of Al Hamra
  • Oman, entrance to the ruins at Ubar (also known as Shisr or Wubar).  Remains of stone built walls, with sinkhole below into which the ancient site fell. Though the Quran story describes a wealthy city which vanished, this site was most probably a walled caravanserai around a water hole.  About 30 campsites have been identified in the vicinity.  Site identified by Wilfred Thesiger and Nicholas Clapp in 1990, using satellite photographs.
    Oman_Wubar_ruins_Ancient_Oman_Omani_...jpg
  • Landscape of Oman, with grove of palm trees, mud brick and plaster dwellings in a village, red and white tower carrying high tension wires, backed by bare mountain slopes.
    Omani landscape
  • Petroglyph at Hast bin Sult, near Nizwa, Oman.  Low relief carving of a man, arms upraised.  Exaggeratedly swollen biceps.  He holds a weapon (hammer or axe) over a woman next to him.  Rough boulder, clear blue sky at upper right.  Unknown date and origin.
    Ancient_Omani_petroglyph_OMN200801--...jpg
  • Oman, tomb of Hadrami holy man Ben Ali, a pilgrimage site and cemetery.  Newly restored building.  Interior view, the tomb itself covered with a bright green satin cloth.  Traditional carved wooden head marker.  A few visitors visible at the other end.
    Omani_tomb_interior_OMN200801--4152.jpg
  • Oman, tomb of Hadrami holy man Ben Ali, a pilgrimage site and cemetery.  Newly restored building.  Radio mast on the hill beyond, a few gravestones in the foreground.
    Omani_people_OMN200801--4145.jpg
  • Oman, in the village of Mirbat.  Four laughing children seated together on a bench outside one of the village houses. Their bare feet swing merrily in the sunshine.
    Omani children in Mirbat
  • Oman, view of the ruins at Ubar (also known as Shisr or Wubar).  Remains of stone built walls, with sinkhole below into which the ancient site fell. Though the Quran story describes a wealthy city which vanished, this site was most probably a walled caravanserai around a water hole.  About 30 campsites have been identified in the vicinity.  Site identified by Wilfred Thesiger and Nicholas Clapp in 1990, using satellite photographs.
    Oman_Wubar_ruins_Ancient_Oman_Omani_...jpg
  • Oman, entrance and views of the ruins at Ubar (also known as Shisr or Wubar).  Remains of stone built walls, with sinkhole below into which the ancient site fell. Though the Quran story describes a wealthy city which vanished, this site was most probably a walled caravanserai around a water hole.  About 30 campsites have been identified in the vicinity.  Site identified by Wilfred Thesiger and Nicholas Clapp in 1990, using satellite photographs.
    Omani_people_OMN200801--4074.jpg
  • Sunlit alley between shadowed mud brick mansions, village of Al Hamra, Oman.  The homes have been abandoned but remain standing.  All are defensive with small slit windows set high in the facades, and crenellations on the flat roofs.
    Omani mud brick village of Al Hamra
  • Petroglyphs at Hast bin Sultan, a wadi near Nizwa, Oman, with figures of man, woman, baby, and others, carved in low relief on a rock 20 feet high.  Unknown origin and date.  Local legend says the figures represent a father and mother who had committed infanticide, subsequently frozen into the rock as punishment.
    Ancient_Omani_petroglyph_OMN200801--...jpg
  • Pottery objects on display at Nakhl fortress: incense burner, oil lamp, and coffee pot, each in traditional shape with traditional decoration.
    Traditional Omani pottery
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