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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.

Famous Graves
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Date Item Title
August 17, 2009 Widow selling husband's tomb above Marilyn Monroe
April 16, 2009 Egyptians hope to find Cleopatra's tomb
December 09, 2008 Alexy II's funeral over, tombstone placed over his tomb
December 01, 2008 Uncle Ho’s mausoleum photo fetches $1M at auction
March 31, 2008 The Marasti Mausoleum
January 19, 2008 Controversy doesn't deter Poe toaster from annual visit
November 30, 2007 Lincoln’s Tomb to harness geothermal energy
November 07, 2007 Watching Over The Tomb Of The Unknowns
November 07, 2007 The Lenin legend in Russia
October 10, 2007 Kremlin Wants To Move Lenin's Corpse
September 07, 2007 James Brown's Daughter Upset
September 04, 2007 The Tomb of Mother Teresa, a place of life and of peace
August 25, 2007 Never More Doubt
August 22, 2007 Queen of Mean's 'eternity' mansion
July 18, 2007 Love in marble
April 26, 2007 Curse on the Bard's tomb
April 17, 2007 Poet's tomb discovered in church crypt
April 16, 2007 Bulgaria Prepares for Legendary Tzar's 2nd Burial 800 Years after Death
April 07, 2007 Hugh Hefner Denies Request To Give Burial Plot To Anna Nicole Smith
March 09, 2007 James Brown laid to rest in golden coffin
March 08, 2007 Anna Nicole Cemetery Closed to the Curious
March 07, 2007 Trump buries tomb request
January 22, 2007 Da Vinci mystery solved as experts discover burial place of Mona Lisa
October 15, 2006 Newly unveiled necropolis at Vatican is like a 'Pompeii' of Cemeteries
August 15, 2006 Bosnian ex-president's tomb damaged in explosion
August 13, 2006 Williams' Mentor Lies in Obscure Grave
August 13, 2006 Hank Williams' grave a popular spot for tourists, with a twist
August 13, 2006 History Among The Stones: Lincoln connection lies in Decatur graveyard
August 13, 2006 DNA tests confirm Columbus tomb authenticity
August 12, 2006 Zulu war veteran's heroic tale uncovered by relative
August 08, 2006 Two-ton, black gravestone for Rick James put into place
August 07, 2006 "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" guards a breed above and apart
July 16, 2006 Fort Sumner to celebrate "The Kid"
July 13, 2006 Society recognizes Huntington's birthday
July 04, 2006 Finding life and death in a La. graveyard
June 19, 2006 A struggle to save the Tomb of the Unkowns in Washington
June 12, 2006 Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?
June 09, 2006 Summer flag ceremonies held on Tuesdays at Lincoln Tomb
June 06, 2006 Spain Lays Claim to Columbus' Remains
June 03, 2006 Author's wife at his side after 130 years
May 14, 2006 That fellow Edgar Allan Poe . . . he simply won't be buried
April 23, 2006 Historian wants DNA test for academy's John Paul Jones
April 23, 2006 Russians want Lenin's remains buried
March 05, 2006 Cemetery Prices Jump After Parks Buried
October 01, 2005 Lenin faces grave situation
August 14, 2005 Lucille Ball tops favourite dead celeb list
July 31, 2005 Bob Hope's remains moved to memorial garden
May 16, 2005 Just who might be buried in those Columbus tombs?
May 03, 2005 Napoleon's Tomb
April 27, 2005 Buenos Aires Restores Evita Perons Crumbling Recoleta Cemetery
 
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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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No real estate is permanently valuable but the grave

Mark Twain 1898