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  • Temple offering of wine, oil, flowers, cakes and bread
  • Nepal; preparing the Bisket chariot, Bhaktapur, 1986
  • Nepal; agriculture and subsistence in the Khumbu, 1986. Area as N0022565. Farmland on the lower slopes of the Himalayas (altitude 2900 metres). Sherpas are Buddhists and their houses are surrounded with prayer sticks flying cloth flags. A sherpa group with yaks travel along
  • Nepal; Sherpa children of the Khumbu, 1986. Two smiling children share an amusing moment in the village of Phakding (altitude 3000 metres). Their clothing highlights the poverty of some of the Sherpa families.
  • Temple offering of ducks, geese and wild fowl. From a wall relief at the temple at Kom Ombo in Southern Upper Egypt. This temple mostly dates from the Ptolemaic period although New Kingdom (1570-1070 BCE) remains have been found on the site.
  • Nepal; air transport in the Khumbu, 1986. As N0022554C with aircraft taking off above the
  • Egyptian carving, dwarf demon Bes, taken 1989
  • Helwan, Egypt; women carrying sweet clover
  • Nepal; Kunde hospital in the Khumbu, 1986
  • Helwan, Egypt; harvesting sweet clover
  • Goddess Isis feeding Horus, wall relief
  • Nepal; child eating rice, Terai, 1986
  • Nepal; street of dentists, Kathmandu 1986. In 1982, there were 17 government-trained dental surgeons in Nepal, some of whom practised in this street. For those too fearful or who could not afford to visit one of these surgeries, a nearby shrine was dedicated to Vaisha Dev, the god of toothache. Surrounding the god was a plank of wood into which thousands of nails had been driven. Planting a nail was believed to get rid of toothache by pinning down all evil spirits and influences.
  • Rock tombs at Beni Hassan, Middle Egypt date from the Middle Kingdom dynasties XI (2060-1991 BCE) and XII (1991-1782 BCE) and rank among the most important monuments of Ancient Egypt. They were built for the dignitaries of Menat-Khufu, one of the oldest place names recorded in ancient Egypt. The tomb walls are decorated with mural paintings executed on rocky walls made smooth with plaster. These paintings are radidly deteriorating and most reproductions are from paintings of the originals. This painting, from the tomb of Khnumenhotep, the Mayor of Menat-Khufu, shows him using a large draw net to capture marsh fowl. The basic sources of animal protein for Ancient Egyptians were wild fowl and fish. A multitude of bird species inhabited the reed beds along the Nile, far more in dynastic times than today. They included ducks, geese, finches, egrets, storks, ibis, cranes and red-breasted goose which is no longer found in Egypt.
  • Nepal; foot transport in the Khumbu, 1986. Two young Sherpas carry planks of wood up to the village of Kunde (altitude 3600 metres). Wearing boots which are barely held together and cast-off clothing from Western trekkers, these men transport building materials up a precipitous track.
  • Temple offering of antelope and gazelle. These were captured alive by means of a lasso or bolas but only available for the nobility. From a wall relief at the temple at Kom Ombo in Southern Upper Egypt. This temple mostly dates from the Ptolemaic Period although New Kingdom (1570-1070 BCE) remains have been found on the site.
  • Egyptian wall relief, taken 1989
  • Luxor, Egypt; cattle and livestock market. Groups of men buying and selling cattle. In 1990, there were nearly two million cattle in Egypt which yielded meat, milk and power. Photographed January 1990.
  • Nepal; Kunde hospital in the Khumbu, 1986. This is the only hospital in the Khumbu region. A 'Visitors Note' at the gate reads: 'Interested visitors may be shown the hospital between 8 am - 5 pm depending on the availability of staff. For this service a donation is appreciated. The hospital depends on donations.' In 1986, the hospital was remarkably well equipped considering its isolation. There were facilities for minor, and in an emergency, major surgery and dentistry, local and general anaesthesia, and an X-ray machine running off its own generator. Some diagnostic facilities were carried out, and the walls of the main clinic were lined with shelves packed with a good supply of drugs, bandages and sutures.
  • Step Pyramid at Saqqare, Egypt
  • Nepal; herdsmen of the Khumbu, 1986. Three herdsmen stop for refreshments at the Shomare Hotel. The sign above the door of this tea shop reads: 'Wel-come to Shomare Hotel', evidence that westerners pass the door en rout to the high mountains.
  • Desert and fertile land watered by the Nile
  • Nepal; town life in the Khumbu, 1986
  • Helwan, Egypt; rural smallholding
  • Thebes, Egypt; felucca on the Nile, 1990
  • Helwan, Egypt; harvesting sweet clover
  • Nepal; air transport in the Khumbu, 1986
  • Helwan, Egypt; traditional Egyptian waterwheel
  • Mount Everest; Khumbu region, eastern Nepal, 1986
  • Wall relief of a male with a paunch and pendulous breasts