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April 01, 2008 Streaming funeral webcasts find a place on the Internet
October 04, 2007 What Does That Gravestone Say?
September 10, 2007 A grave undertaking - Web site offers help in finding burial sites
January 07, 2007 Memories get digital display
August 19, 2006 Portable Fiber Laser Cleans Ancient Tomb
July 02, 2006 Dept. of Veterans Affairs Adds Maps to Online Gravesite Locator
June 12, 2006 Funeral industry trend gives mourning a high-tech twist
June 11, 2006 High Tech Laser Cleaning Egyptian tomb
May 27, 2006 Log on in the graveyard
May 21, 2006 Cemetery district appeals for farm use
May 04, 2006 Gravedigger retires after 47 years
April 02, 2006 High-tech mausoleum offers low-cost memories
March 31, 2006 Handsets get taken to the grave
March 15, 2006 Whats inside Tongas ancient tombs? Remote sensors probe Tui Tongas grave
October 04, 2005 Voices from the grave
August 20, 2005 Memorial video at tombstones
January 17, 2005 High-tech touches to Japanese funerals
November 03, 2004 You could almost live in this coffin...
November 01, 2004 Specialized GIS Applications to Historical Solution-finding
November 01, 2004 Tomb With a View
October 25, 2004 New Frank Lloyd Wright-designed mausoleum unveiled
October 11, 2004 Cemetery Puts in Artificial Turf
September 12, 2004 Cctv for graveyard
August 26, 2004 Inventor lets the dead have final word
July 20, 2004 Cemeteries becoming outdoor art galleries
July 18, 2004 Making memories last
July 17, 2004 Get your grave online
July 14, 2004 GPS/GIS
July 14, 2004 Talking Tombstones Bear a Message from the Grave
July 10, 2004 Video diary from beyond the grave
June 27, 2004 Mummys mystery unravels in 3D
June 24, 2004 Modern technology helps survey imperial tomb
June 11, 2004 Stone carver feels honored to work on Reagans tomb
May 22, 2004 Cemetery caretaker under state attack
May 04, 2004 Cemetery offers coffin with panic button
March 09, 2004 University Scientists Study Cemetery Grass
March 09, 2004 Making their mark
November 09, 2003 New mausoleum keep living in mind
November 09, 2003 Technology allows for elaborately personalized gravestones
November 07, 2003 Digital bugle to bid farewell to veterans
November 04, 2003 Dead go digital in cemetery
October 30, 2003 French dead go digital in electronic cemetery
October 06, 2003 High-end mausoleums add museums and cafes
 
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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

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