![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/60/jpeg/29t.jpg) Crickets on National Geographic magazines at Museum of Natural History. Washington DC, February 5, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/60/jpeg/19t.jpg) World War II propaganda posters at Museum of American History. Washington DC, February 4, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/60/jpeg/20t.jpg) A portrait of Russian communist leader J. Stalin at Museum of American History. Washington DC, February 4, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/60/jpeg/21t.jpg) A bronze likeness of the current American president Bill Clinton at Museum of American History. Washington DC, February 4, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/60/jpeg/36t.jpg) Air and Space Museum. Washington DC, February 6, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1997/34/jpeg/19t.jpg) - Central Park and Museum of Natural History (New York, June 23 - 24 and a trip to Turner Falls, May 28, 1997)
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1997/34/jpeg/21t.jpg) - Central Park and Museum of Natural History (New York, June 23 - 24 and a trip to Turner Falls, May 28, 1997)
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1997/34/jpeg/22t.jpg) - Central Park and Museum of Natural History (New York, June 23 - 24 and a trip to Turner Falls, May 28, 1997)
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1997/34/jpeg/23t.jpg) - Central Park and Museum of Natural History (New York, June 23 - 24 and a trip to Turner Falls, May 28, 1997)
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1997/34/jpeg/18t.jpg) - Central Park and Museum of Natural History (New York, June 23 - 24 and a trip to Turner Falls, May 28, 1997)
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/413/jpeg/19t.jpg) An exposition in Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard University. Boston, Massachusetts, September 22, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/827/jpeg/22t.jpg) Dr. Petersen guiding a tour of a fort at Qal at Ruwayda archeological Site on northwest coast for Qatar Natural History Group. Qatar, February 6, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/827/jpeg/24t.jpg) Dr. Petersen in an excavated mound guiding a tour of Qal at Ruwayda archeological Site on northwest coast for Qatar Natural History Group. Qatar, February 6, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/709/jpeg/19t.jpg) Money Coffin for a gambler(?) in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/710/jpeg/01t.jpg) Anticipation of death exhibit in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1147/jpeg/01t.jpg) Gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/60/jpeg/24t.jpg) Korean War Veterans Memorial with Washington Monument at background. Washington DC, February 4, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/60/jpeg/31t.jpg) White House with an armed man on its roof seen right to Washington Monument. Washington DC, February 5, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1335/jpeg/15t.jpg) Members of the Qatar Natural History Group (QNHG) exploring glittering gypsum pavement (selenite) during fossil trip in area of Jebel Al-Nakhsh in south-western Qatar, February 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/60/jpeg/13t.jpg) View of Washington Monument from the Capitol. Washington DC, February 4, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/709/jpeg/18t.jpg) Coffin for American presidents on display in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/709/jpeg/23t.jpg) Model of ancient Egyptian coffin in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/710/jpeg/05t.jpg) Wooden compartments for coffins in a hearse in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1147/jpeg/02t.jpg) Sculptures in Gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1147/jpeg/03t.jpg) Marble sculptures in Gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1336/jpeg/30t.jpg) Qatar Natural History Group (QNHG) looking at fossilized dugong bones embedded in desert floor under the guidance of a geologist Jacques LeBlanc in area of coastal sabkha in south-western Qatar, February 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1335/jpeg/24t.jpg) Members of the Qatar Natural History Group (QNHG) exploring fossilised intertidal stromatolites (microbial mats, laminated sediments) during fossil trip in area of Jebel Al-Nakhsh in south-western Qatar, February 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1336/jpeg/29t.jpg) Qatar Natural History Group (QNHG) exploring fossilized dugong bones embedded in desert floor under the guidance of a geologist Jacques LeBlanc in area of coastal sabkha in south-western Qatar, February 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1334/jpeg/21t.jpg) Geologist Jacques LeBlanc at the foot of ancient lithified dune of red sand guiding a fossil tour for Qatar Natural History Group (QNHG) in area of Jebel Al-Nakhsh in south-western Qatar, February 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1336/jpeg/28t.jpg) Members of the Qatar Natural History Group (QNHG) exploring fossilized dugong bones embedded in desert floor under the guidance of a geologist Jacques LeBlanc in area of coastal sabkha in south-western Qatar, February 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1335/jpeg/18t.jpg) Members of the Qatar Natural History Group (QNHG) under the guidance of a geologist Jacques LeBlanc exploring fossilised stromatolites (microbial mats) during fossil trip in area of Jebel Al-Nakhsh in south-western Qatar, February 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1335/jpeg/21t.jpg) Members of the Qatar Natural History Group (QNHG) exploring area of gypsum crystal pavement (selenite) during fossil trip in area of Jebel Al-Nakhsh in south-western Qatar, February 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1046/jpeg/16t.jpg) Insects on petals of black-eyed susan in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 24, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/709/jpeg/22t.jpg) 1921 Rock Falls eight-column carved-panel motorized hearse in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/976/jpeg/15t.jpg) Swarming insects on dead alligator gar in drying pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 23, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/709/jpeg/24t.jpg) Victorian era funeral parlor in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/709/jpeg/16t.jpg) Green funeral coach in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/709/jpeg/20t.jpg) Black funeral coach in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/709/jpeg/14t.jpg) Buick funeral coach in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/710/jpeg/06t.jpg) La Salle funeral coach in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/709/jpeg/15t.jpg) Campbell funeral coach in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1290/jpeg/23t.jpg) Hackberry(?) fruits and remains of insects in animal dropping near a pond in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, October 25, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/709/jpeg/21t.jpg) Nebraska 1953 funeral coach in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/709/jpeg/25t.jpg) Black Campbell funeral coach in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/61/jpeg/09t.jpg) G(?) Street in downtown Washington. DC, February 6, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/60/jpeg/16t.jpg) A hall in the Capitol. Washington DC, February 4, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/61/jpeg/08t.jpg) 7th(?) Street in downtown Washington. DC, February 6, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/61/jpeg/04t.jpg) View of J.F.K. grave, Arlington Bridge and Washington Monument on the other bank of Potomac River from a hill at Arlington Cemetery. Washington DC, February 6, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/709/jpeg/17t.jpg) 1951 Superior-Cadillac Landaulet Hearse (funeral coach) in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/61/jpeg/00t.jpg) Arlington Memorial Cemetery. Washington DC, February 6, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/61/jpeg/10t.jpg) 11th(?) Street in downtown Washington. DC, February 6, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/60/jpeg/32t.jpg) Ex. Offices near White House. Washington DC, February 5, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/60/jpeg/14t.jpg) Paintings on a dome of the Capitol. Washington DC, February 4, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2675/jpeg/26t.jpg) Flower of showy evening primrose (Oenothera speciosa) with holes from insects on Wildflower Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 28, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/60/jpeg/34t.jpg) View of White House from the Ellipse. Washington DC, February 5, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/60/jpeg/18t.jpg) A mysterious closed corridor in the U.S. Capitol. Washington DC, February 4, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/61/jpeg/07t.jpg) View of U.S. Capitol from Reflecting Pool. Washington DC, February 6, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/61/jpeg/01t.jpg) Graves of soldiers(?) at Arlington Cemetery. Washington DC, February 6, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/60/jpeg/37t.jpg) Entrance to a bunker-like J. Edgar Hoover F.B.I. Building. Washington DC, February 6, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/61/jpeg/06t.jpg) A monument to U.S. Navy on the road to Arlington Cemetery. Washington DC, February 6, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/709/jpeg/26t.jpg) Fantasy coffins from Ghana shaped as objects (fish, canoe, leopard, chicken, bull, crab etc.) representative of the life of the deceased in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/710/jpeg/04t.jpg) Re-creation of a pope lying in state at St. Peter s Basilica flanked by two members of Swiss Guard at "Celebrating Deaths of Popes" exhibit in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/60/jpeg/22t.jpg) A bronze sculpture in Vietnam War Veterans Memorial at rainy day. Washington DC, February 4, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/710/jpeg/03t.jpg) Brightly colored wooden coffins from Ghana carved as objects capturing essence of the departed (fishing canoe, chicken, bull, crab etc.) in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/60/jpeg/28t.jpg) Dog Fala of Franklin D. Roosevelt at FDR Memorial near Tidal Basin at rainy day. Washington DC, February 4, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/60/jpeg/23t.jpg) A bronze Statue of the Three Servicemen in Vietnam War Veterans Memorial at rainy day. Washington DC, February 4, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/60/jpeg/17t.jpg) A memorial sculpture with a red banner reminiscent of a communist leader in the U.S. Capitol. Washington DC, February 4, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/836/jpeg/10t.jpg) Arabic calligraphy on a natural leaf (Turkey, 20th century, gold) on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 27, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/840/jpeg/12t.jpg) Qatar Natural History Group in desert. Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 5, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/60/jpeg/25t.jpg) A pavilion and trees in bloom at West Potomac Park during warm weather. Washington DC, February 4, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/60/jpeg/26t.jpg) A cherry tree in bloom at West Potomac Park during warm weather. Washington DC, February 4, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/710/jpeg/02t.jpg) 1860 German "Glaswagen" funeral coach and 1850 German hearse made by Burkhardt (Wagenbruer) in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/840/jpeg/16t.jpg) Qatar Natural History Group walking in desert. Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 5, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/824/jpeg/21t.jpg) Qatar Natural History Group measuring depth of a pond between Al Wakra and Mesaieed, north from Doha. Qatar, January 29, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1384/jpeg/11t.jpg) Birdwatching with QNHG (Qatar Natural History Group) near Abu Nakhla wastewater treatment ponds. Doha, Qatar, March 29, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1191/jpeg/11t.jpg) Qatar Natural History Group (QNHG) wading near Al Mafjar village, northern area near Ruwais. Qatar, April 12, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1572/jpeg/10t.jpg) QNHG (Qatar Natural History Group) watching birds on a small peninsula. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, April 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1683/jpeg/16t.jpg) QNHG (Qatar Natural History Group) gathering in a tea hall in Trainah agricultural settlement. Southern Qatar, November 6, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1637/jpeg/04t.jpg) Bowl full of dry locust insects on display in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, August 8, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1998/60/jpeg/35t.jpg) View of U. S. Capitol and Smithsonian Inst. from intersection of Madison Drive and 14th Street. Washington DC, February 5, 1998.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/715/jpeg/21t.jpg) Pioneer settlers in a museum in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, February 28, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1572/jpeg/09t.jpg) QNHG (Qatar Natural History Group) exploring a bone on a beach of a small peninsula. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, April 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/931/jpeg/04t.jpg) Qatar Natural History Group in Ras Abrouq peninsula in west central coastal area, north from Zekreet. Qatar, April 8, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1384/jpeg/13t.jpg) Watching birds with QNHG (Qatar Natural History Group) near Abu Nakhla wastewater treatment ponds. Doha, Qatar, March 29, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1572/jpeg/08t.jpg) QNHG (Qatar Natural History Group) heading to watch birds on a small peninsula. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, April 3, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/840/jpeg/05t.jpg) Qatar Natural History Group outing on limestone hills of Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 5, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1202/jpeg/16t.jpg) Qatar Natural History Group (QNHG) touring excavations at al-Ruwaydah, a late Islamic site near Ruwais in northern Qatar, May 3, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/824/jpeg/25t.jpg) Qatar Natural History Group wading at low tide in Arabian (Persian) Gulf near Mesaieed, north from Doha. Qatar, January 29, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1035/jpeg/06t.jpg) Qatar Natural History Group (QNHG) at Jazirat Umm Tays, barrier island at northern tip of Qatar, east from Ruwais, March 24, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1035/jpeg/12t.jpg) Qatar Natural History Group (QNHG) on dunes of Jazirat Umm Tays, barrier island at northern tip of Qatar, east from Ruwais, March 24, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/840/jpeg/14t.jpg) Qatar Natural History Group discovered some small critter in desert. Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 5, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/711/jpeg/12t.jpg) Caterpillar on a leaf in Cockrell Butterfly Center of Houston Museum of Natural Science. Houston, Texas, February 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1035/jpeg/26t.jpg) Qatar Natural History Group (QNHG) near a fishing shack in Jazirat Umm Tays, barrier island at northern tip of Qatar, east from Ruwais, March 24, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1024/jpeg/14t.jpg) Jack Russell Terrier dog of Qatar Natural History Group (QNHG) in sands of Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha. Qatar, March 2, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/711/jpeg/14t.jpg) Emerald Swallowtail (Papilio Palinurus) in Cockrell Butterfly Center of Houston Museum of Natural Science. Houston, Texas, February 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/711/jpeg/15t.jpg) Close-up of Emerald Swallowtail (Papilio Palinurus) in Cockrell Butterfly Center of Houston Museum of Natural Science. Houston, Texas, February 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1384/jpeg/12t.jpg) Group of birdwatchers from QNHG (Qatar Natural History Group) near Abu Nakhla wastewater treatment ponds. Doha, Qatar, March 29, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/711/jpeg/24t.jpg) Blue flower of Lignum Vitae (Gaiac tree, Guaiacum sanctum) in Cockrell Butterfly Center of Houston Museum of Natural Science. Houston, Texas, February 14, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1384/jpeg/14t.jpg) Group of birdwatchers from QNHG (Qatar Natural History Group) on a service road near Abu Nakhla wastewater treatment ponds. Doha, Qatar, March 29, 2014
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