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Date Item Title
September 28, 2004 From the grave of Columbus
September 22, 2004 New sign reveals true Civil War story behind Central Cemetery
September 22, 2004 Historians believe that Civil War soldiers buried in unusual site
September 16, 2004 Inside the Capitol
September 13, 2004 Dive recovers Cromwells sailor
September 10, 2004 Kins, Fernandinos welcome Nicolasas remains home
August 26, 2004 Science puts flesh on Washingtons bones
August 24, 2004 Bodies of WWI Soldiers Found in Glacier
August 15, 2004 Fight for admiral's tomb
August 11, 2004 Columbus buried in Santa Domingo
August 10, 2004 Grave of fugitive slave finally gets a headstone
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 19, 2004 Solving the mystery behind Lenin's death
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
June 14, 2004 Headstone of Leavenworth founder dedicated Sunday
June 09, 2004 200-year-old heart gets royal funeral
June 08, 2004 Bones raise specter of D.B. Cooper
June 08, 2004 Solemn ceremony ahead of royal burial for heart of boy identified as Louis XVII
June 06, 2004 Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery Recognized as National Historic Site by Government
June 04, 2004 For the new disciples of capitalism, Ho Chi Minh is still their hero
June 01, 2004 Cemeteries - Londons Magnificent Seven
June 01, 2004 At rest in the arms of history
June 01, 2004 Buried history on way to oblivion
May 31, 2004 Remembering The Battle of the Bulge
May 26, 2004 Somber reminder -- Memorial Day
May 26, 2004 The origins of Memorial Day
May 23, 2004 The Titanic is a tomb, not a treasure trove
 
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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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“Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.”

- R. Buckminster Fuller 1895-1

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