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Date Item Title
October 19, 2007 Body Worlds brings new life to the dead
August 31, 2007 Remains of Lincoln, Garfield assassins to be on display in musical's lobby
February 08, 2007 Salt Lake City Cemetery art on exhibit
February 03, 2007 Lincoln museum opens "Tales from the Crypt" exhibit
February 01, 2007 The Franklin Institute exhibit of Tutankamun has the region buzzing
February 01, 2007 Exhibit details odd history of laying Lincoln to rest
August 15, 2006 Opening the Box
July 20, 2006 Charming and macabre, Edward Gorey House welcomes visitors
March 06, 2006 The inside story of "Body Worlds"
February 04, 2006 National Institutes of Health Opens Exhibit, "Visible Proofs: Forensic Views"
August 27, 2005 Human cadaver exhibit breaks record
May 28, 2005 Leaking Bodies Uncovered At Popular "Body" Show
May 04, 2005 Corpse exhibits raise ethical questions
February 14, 2005 The ultimate sideshow
November 20, 2004 `Body Farm creator to speak at museum
October 31, 2004 Macabre collection goes on show
September 19, 2004 Author of book about cadavers to visit Salem next week
September 19, 2004 Display inspires new postmortem plans
September 07, 2004 Cadavers Steal the Show in L.A.
August 26, 2004 Museum welcomes flesh-eating bugs
August 23, 2004 Temple hosts rare Buddha collection
August 17, 2004 Funeral museum lives in Houston
August 10, 2004 Cadaver exhibition returns
July 16, 2004 INSIDES OUT: Cadaver exhibit to make U.S. debut
July 11, 2004 Eternal Egypt exhibit comes to Victoria, B.C.
July 03, 2004 Human body exposed in new exhibit
May 17, 2004 Funeral home opens doors for tour
May 03, 2004 Benedict Arnold tombstone on display at Otis Library
April 30, 2004 Graphic display of preserved bodies comes to Taiwan
March 14, 2004 Museum plans dead body exhibit
February 04, 2004 German Anatomists Corpse Exhibit Blasted
February 03, 2004 German Anatomists Corpse Exhibit Blasted
October 06, 2003 Death made interesting at Poe House exhibit
October 04, 2003 Montauk will host eerie educational display of historic funeral customs
July 24, 2003 Bangkoks museum of the macabre
June 16, 2003 First-ever coffin exhibition opens
June 13, 2003 Museum preserves history of embalming Civil War dead
 
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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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