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Archeologists exhume grave to authenticate Mozart skull

Written by DeadGirl
Monday, 01 November 2004
01 Nov 2004 VIENNA - Austrian archeologists exhumed a Salzburg grave last week to determine whether a centuries-old skull is that of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Experts will compare genetic material from the grave, thought to contain the remains of Mozart's father and other relatives, to a skull at the International Mozarteum Foundation. Established in 1880, the non-profit organization works to preserve Mozart's legacy. After his death in 1791, Mozart was buried in a pauper's grave at Vienna's St. Marxer Cemetary. Legend has it that a gravedigger, who knew in which grave the composer lay buried, removed the skull. According to foundation director Stephan Pauly, the skull eventually ended up at the Mozarteum in 1902. Though the skull is not on display, the institute has conducted tests on it in the past, he said. "There's been several different examinations carried out, but none has offered conclusive evidence as to whether it belonged to Mozart," he told the Associated Press. The Mozarteum is "following this project with great interest," he said. The DNA testing will be conducted over the next few months and the findings released in early 2005. A child prodigy born into a musical Salzburg family, Mozart began composing and performing at the age of five. A genius with an extraordinary memory, he could compose an entire symphony in his head, create a work on the day he was scheduled to perform it or write out all of another composer's opus after hearing it only once. http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2004/11/01/Arts/mozartskull041101.html

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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