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What's New at Arcadia

Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast By Glenn A. Knoblock

Arcadia Publishing has releases a new title in the Images of America series, the historic account of the cemeteries along the New Hampshire Seacoast. This collection is a must for anyone interested in local history, genealogy, or colonial-era art. Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast and browse other cemetery books!

Green-Wood Cemetery By Alexandra Mosca

Arcadia Publishing announces the release of the historic account of one of New York's most famous cemeteries. Aracdia Publishing's Images of America series has an extensive catalog of many cemetery publications! Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Green-Wood Cemetery.

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Quoting Death in Early Modern England: The Poetics of Epitaphs Beyond the Tomb By Scott L. Newstok

An innovative study of the Renaissance practice of making epitaphic gestures within other English genres. A poetics of quotation uncovers the ways in which writers including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Holinshed, Sidney, Jonson, Donne, and Elizabeth I have recited these texts within new contexts. Visit Palgrave Macmillan and purchase your copy today!

Living by the Dead By Ellen Ashdown with illustrations by Mary Liz Moody.

A memoir about living beside a cemetery--and about the members of my family who came to rest at Roselawn Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida. Please visit Kitsune Books for more information.

Graveyards of Chicago: The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries By Matt Hucke And Ursula Bielski.

Discover a Chicago That Exists Just Beneath the Surface - About Six Feet Under! Take a tour of Chicago's permanent residents! Please visit the Lake Claremont Press website to purchase your copy of Graveyards of Chicago today!

Epitaphs: The Magazine for Cemetery Lovers By Cemetery Lovers

For information regarding subscriptions, single issues, submission guidelines, deadlines, classifieds or advertising for future issues, please visit The Cemetery Club.

Guardians of the Soul: Angels and Innocents, Mourners and Saints with photography by John Bower and foreword by Claude Cookman

Indiana's remarkable cemetery sculpture is now available. Please visit Studio Indiana for more information.

West Springfield Massachusetts: Stories Carved in Stone by Rusty Clark

Features information on early New England gravestone carvers with more than two hundred photos and illustrations. Please visit the Dog Pond Press website.

Discovery
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Date Item Title
April 16, 2009 Found: Skeleton of the younger sister Cleopatra had murdered
April 01, 2009 Reclusive woman's death sobers small SC community
November 14, 2008 Makeshift grave in cemetery held fetus
December 05, 2007 Receding reservoir reveals remains
November 07, 2007 Bones found at northern Indiana lake
October 01, 2007 Construction Workers Uncover 19th Century Casket
September 03, 2007 Civil war grave discovered in Hendricks Co.
May 24, 2007 Bronze Age burial urn unearthed in test dig
April 03, 2007 Greek archaeologists unearth Roman tomb
March 12, 2007 Digging up the dead
March 09, 2007 Body discovered in iron coffin may be identified
November 05, 2006 A skeleton in a cupboard
September 13, 2006 Real Corpse Found on CSI: New York Set
September 10, 2006 Boulder Creek Couple Discover Tomb In Backyard
August 31, 2006 Mummy-Shaped Coffin Found While Moving Cemetery
August 19, 2006 Chinese archaeologists unearth tomb of first emperor's grandma
August 19, 2006 Excavation crews discover previously unknown graveyard
August 16, 2006 Drainage work reveals additional forgotten graves
August 13, 2006 Coffin discovery sparks reader interest
May 19, 2006 The mystery of mom's second headstone
October 10, 2004 Archeologists discover ruins of Genghis Khan mausoleum
August 05, 2004 OFFICIALS FEEL REMAINS BEST LEFT BURIED: GROUP
August 08, 2003 Human remains found at new burial site
June 16, 2003 Local mystery grave markers arouse curiosity
 
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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

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Fear no more the heat o' the sun Nor the furious winters' rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages The sceptre, learning, physic, must All follow this and come to dust.

William Shakespeare - Cymbelin