The Tombs and Moon Temple of Hureidha (Hadhramaut).

£195 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Thompson set out for southern Arabia with Freya Stark and Elinor Gardner in 1937, arriving in Aden in October, at a time when the area was “archaeologically still terra incognita ”. It is interesting to note that several of the plates illustrating this work are by Freya Stark herself.

• Year: 1944

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