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November 25, 2007 Amateurs Unravel Russia’s Last Royal Mystery
October 23, 2007 King Tut Died in Hunting Accident, Expert Says
September 05, 2007 Sculpture in Malta in the 15th and 16th centuries
July 03, 2007 'Dracula's Castle' up for sale in Transylvania
April 30, 2007 Civil War: Famous elegy written by Confederate officer
April 17, 2007 Va. Tech attack stirs up haunting memories at UT
April 04, 2007 Joan of Arc relics 'are mummies'
March 10, 2007 DON NOBLE: History of Port City’s ironwork detailed
February 15, 2007 That 'mummy's curse' makes a good story, but ...
October 29, 2006 The death of Dracula?
September 06, 2006 TOWER OF LONDON UNVEILS MEMORIAL TO THE EXECUTED
July 03, 2006 Headstone Found 2 Years Ago In Niantic Remains A Mystery
June 06, 2006 Night cemetery tours to recount tales of the dead
June 03, 2006 Tales From The Crypts
April 23, 2006 A New Billy the Kid?
April 01, 2006 From the past --1953: Queen Mary laid to rest in Windsor
October 14, 2005 Walking tour tells the fascinating story of Plainfields oldest cemetery
October 04, 2005 Cemetery research comes to life
December 30, 2004 Billy the Kid still a newsmaker in 2004
November 07, 2004 Long after their deaths, problems keep Perons apart
October 18, 2004 The True Story Of Dracula
October 06, 2004 Black baseball great Wells interred at state cemetery
September 28, 2004 From the grave of Columbus
September 22, 2004 New sign reveals true Civil War story behind Central Cemetery
September 16, 2004 Inside the Capitol
August 06, 2004 Ghosts of the civil war
August 01, 2004 Dust-Up Over Center for Grants Tomb
July 24, 2004 Russias Putin orders Stalingrad on tomb
July 19, 2004 Dig Unearths Artifacts That May Resolve Donner Party Questions
July 17, 2004 Bell Tower Plan Changes
July 17, 2004 Cooking hearth found at Donner Party site
July 14, 2004 Derelict cemetery has rich history
July 14, 2004 Scientist: DNA Disputes Russian Tsar Remains
July 12, 2004 Scientists reopen the Romanov mystery
July 06, 2004 Some Of Oregons Early Pioneers Buried In Medford Cemetery
July 05, 2004 Blood-curdling display at Inquisitors Palace
June 22, 2004 Celebrity trials proliferate 50 years after Sheppard case
June 21, 2004 Stonehenges band of brothers
June 21, 2004 Lizzie Borden house gets a new owner
June 20, 2004 Could Latest Stonehenge Skeletons Be Its Bronze Age Builders?
June 20, 2004 Welsh Built Stonehenge
June 20, 2004 New Lenox township recognizes historic cemetery
June 20, 2004 Mausoleum may have Underground Railroad link
June 19, 2004 100 Years Ago Today: General Slocum Centennial
June 19, 2004 Does the tomb of St Mark really contain the bones of Alexander the Great?
June 19, 2004 Vatican study cuts death toll of Inquisition
June 18, 2004 U.S., Britain to protect Titanic wreckage
June 18, 2004 German burial for Napoleons troops
June 18, 2004 If rock walls could talk ... Tale of Indians demise would spring to life
June 16, 2004 Urban Growth Leads to Civil War Graves
 
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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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