Tombs near Al Ayn No2.

Tombs from the 3rd millennium BC.

Tombs at Al Ayn.

Nikon D800: 80-200 f2.8 Af Nikkor D with mono-pod.

Tombs near Al Ayn (not to be confused with the oasis village of Al Ain in the UAE) Jebel Misht in the background.

Ruins Muti (Above Imti).

Muti (Imti) Ruins.

This has seen better days!

Muti ruins.

Another from my Muti series.

Wadi ghul.

High contrast development – brings out the stone work – I hope (Think ?)

Tanuf.

Tanuf ruins (another little altercation with the help of the Brits)

Then around the corner for this one – always a very scenic place after rains.

Just a thought – for those that are not very familiar with water movement in Oman, the wall that can be seen along the cliff face is a ‘Falaj’ basically a trough for carrying water.

Of this type, it is probably one of the best preserved that I know of; maybe because the ‘Tanuf bottled water plant’ is only about a klick away.

Doors in the abandoned village of Ziki (Izki).

3 Towers.

Abandoned village door.

Old Samad Al Shan.

Qabil Al BuSaid.

It must have been an impressive entrance at one time.

Al Hoqain fort.

Arches in abandoned house.

These taken with available light (Not Much!) on T-Max 400 rated at 800 and developed in T-Max developer.

Qalhat.

Mausoleum of Bibi Maryam.

Qalhat is about 20km from Sur, follow the new coastal road from Muscat.

The mausoluem built by the wife of Baha al-Din, Maryam, is thus call the Bibi Maryam mausoleum. Located on the coast near the town of Qalhat, described by Marco Polo and visited by Ibn Battuta in the second quarter of the fourteenth century.

Philip Ward’s Travels in Oman about Qalhat:

At the end of the fourteenth century Qalhat was struck by a heavy earthquake that destroyed many of the city’s buildings and falaj systems. In 1507, the Portuguese arrived in Oman ransacking Quriyat and then in the following year they destroyed Qalhat, killing many of the local population.

Portuguese quote:

“They did not stop to put fire to the building until it was completely burnt down….”

See entry World Heritage Centre from the link below.

http://whc.unesco.org