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Arrete! C'est ici L'Empire de la Mort -- "Stop! This is the Empire of Death."
Mystery deepens over German poet Schiller's skull
Grave Mistakes
Monday, 05 May 2008

BERLIN (Reuters) - A painstaking two-year investigation to determine which of two skulls belonged to Friedrich Schiller has found neither is a match, prolonging a 180-year-old mystery over the celebrated German poet's remains. A team of international experts came to their surprise conclusion after comparing DNA samples from the two skulls in question to material from the graves of the poet's relatives.

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Old cemetery poses grave dilemma for buyers of Vt. farm
Preservation
Sunday, 04 May 2008
By LISA RATHKE

HARTLAND, Vt. - The 130-acre property was exactly what Michel Guite and his family wanted: an old Vermont farm with mountain views, rolling hills and meadows. There was, however, one wrinkle: The property included a small family cemetery — with the grave of a War of 1812veteran — surrounded by a fence on a scenic knoll.
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Friend's slaying inspires `Sacred Stones' art series
Taphophile Interests
Tuesday, 29 April 2008

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Artist Kearine Muizz draws her greatest inspiration from places many people spend their lives trying to avoid — cemeteries. For more than two years, Muizz has wandered through graveyards, searching for the spark that will guide her to complete her most challenging work: nearly two dozen impressionist paintings based on the statues she saw at Paris' storied Pere-Lachaise cemetery. The project was inspired by the slaying of a close friend.

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Chef who slept with corpse to appeal
Necrophilia
Wednesday, 02 April 2008
Austrailia - A former Perth chef jailed for life for the murder of aspiring British model Sally Anne Bowman has launched an appeal against his conviction, his lawyers said today. Mark Dixie, 37, had admitted having sex with the 18-year-old's corpse but denied killing her. He was jailed in February after a trial at the Old Bailey and was told he would not be eligible for parole for 34 years.
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Posting News
Site News
Wednesday, 02 April 2008

I apologize for being absent from Taph for so long. I have over 3000 post-worthy articles to post, some of them dating as far back as November. I also have dozens of submissions from members, which I greatly appreciate! Remember that news articles post in order of publication date, not posting date. Browse through the articles using the pagination feature ( Prev-1-2-3-4-Next) at the bottom of the page to look for newly posted articles. After all, if you haven't read it,, it's still news!!

DG

 
Glass coffin with body of revered Buddhist monk stolen
Grave Robbers
Wednesday, 02 April 2008

YANGON, Myanmar: A group of armed men on Wednesday stole the body of one of Myanmar's most revered Buddhist monks, whose corpse has been preserved in a glass coffin since he died more than four years ago. Officials said the coffin containing the body of Sayadaw Bhaddanta Vinaya, better known as Thamanya Sayadaw, was stolen from the monastery in eastern Myanmar where he had preached.

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Funeral regulator weighing action
Seepe Crematorium
Wednesday, 02 April 2008
Possible remains from crematory gone for good at landfill
 
By Chris Joyner

Jackson, MS - The chairman of the state funeral board said he plans to take some action at Thursday's meeting regarding allegations Jackson crematory operator Mark Seepe improperly disposed of human remains. But Charles Riles wouldn't be specific Tuesday about his plans. Seepe could not be reached for comment. He previously told The Clarion-Ledger he has properly cremated bodies brought to him but acknowledged on Friday he knew bones were in a trash bin in his parking lot along with construction materials.
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China women 'first female pallbearers' in Singapore
Funeral Industry
Wednesday, 02 April 2008
By Andre Yeo

Job description: Female applicants to bathe and clothe the dead. Also apply makeup and occasionally work on the corpses at night. And carry their coffins. It is a job no Singapore woman took up, one funeral director said. So he had to look overseas for those willing to work as female pallbearers, who would not just help to carry coffins, but also perform the above duties on dead women to help the embalmers.
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Streaming funeral webcasts find a place on the Internet
Cemetery Technology
Tuesday, 01 April 2008
Many things can keep family and friends from physically attending a funeral, so Wesley Music launched a new online service that gives mourning relatives and friends the opportunity to pay their last respects via a funeral webcast. Funeral homes participating in this program, have placed small web cameras throughout the chapel, so customers who sign up for the service can share this private moment with others via the Internet.
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Funeral home law to come into effect late this year
Laws and Legislation
Tuesday, 01 April 2008
Peterborough, Canada - A new provincial law that will allow funeral homes to operate in cemeteries will come into effect by late 2008, Peterborough MPP Jeff Leal says. The Ministry of Government and Consumer Services is working with stakeholders to finalize regulations that will be included in the Funeral Burial and Cremation Services Act, Leal told The Examiner.
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The Marasti Mausoleum
Famous Graves
Tuesday, 01 April 2008
Romania - This is one of the most impressive and important monuments in Romania's history, as it is dedicated to the valiant resistance of the Romanian army against the German attacks, in the summer of 1917, when all seemed lost and defeat unavoidable. The victory recorded by the Romanian army at Marasti was a costly one, with a great number of dead and wounded, but proved to be a crucial turning point in the war. The monument we can still see today is an impressive and highly interesting body of work, an architectural achievement that is still a wonder.
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Fighting for respect
Editorials
Monday, 31 March 2008

By Savannah Morning News

Georgia - The effort to reform the death services industry in Georgia is a year behind schedule, but House leaders should continue the initiative. When a family entrusts the body of a deceased loved one to a representative of the funeral, cemetery or cremation industry, they should get a minimum level of professionalism and respect. Anything less is unacceptable.

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Taphophilia?

taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries

Taphophilia Facts

Missouri is home to one Presidential gravesite, Harry S. Truman.
 

Taphophiles Speak

Have you decided on eternal repose?
 

Quote Repository

The memory of most men is an abandoned cemetery where lie, unsung and unhonored, the dead whom they have ceased to cherish. Any lasting grief is reproof to their forgetfulness.

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Grave Epigrams

Death is a debt to Nature due,
Which I have paid and so must you.

1789

 

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