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December 02, 2008 Woman doesn’t want rediscovered graves moved
March 30, 2008 Relocation suggested for tomb of Pope John Paul II
September 12, 2007 Cemetery move nearly complete
August 14, 2007 Packing up a pioneer graveyard
April 28, 2007 Graves removed from Wal-Mart building site
April 04, 2007 Between Heaven & Earth
April 03, 2007 State revenue department closes Q-C funeral home
September 09, 2006 Priest's hard-won gravesite relocated
August 07, 2006 Judge to allow moving of graves
July 01, 2006 Nathaniel Hawthorne, Family Reunited in Grave
July 01, 2006 Court rescinds approval of grave transfers
May 07, 2006 History Is Moved, One Skeleton at a Time
April 30, 2006 Church rejects offer to buy cemetery in O'Hare expansion path
April 05, 2006 Russian scholar calls for removal of Lenin mausoleum from Red Square
March 19, 2006 Catholic Church says cemetery didnt exist
January 06, 2006 How is a Cemetery Relocated?
October 01, 2005 Bodies Moved from Hampton Cemetery Angers Family
August 30, 2005 Cemetery Moves Gaza Graves to Jerusalem
August 08, 2005 Pakistan aid group to bury princess who never was
August 01, 2005 Council OKs moving of 2nd old cemetery
July 31, 2005 Helmsley remains transfer halted
July 16, 2005 Battle over raising the dead
July 11, 2005 State, feds disagree on cemetery in path of airport expansion
June 16, 2005 Cemetery Expansion Causes Controversy
March 24, 2005 Graves May Stand in Wal-Marts Way
March 17, 2005 Storage Firm Seeks Options for Gravesite Property
March 09, 2005 Remains of 21 Confederates laid to rest in Charleston
March 04, 2005 City eyes cemetery for development
January 18, 2005 Attorney says town can remove mausoleum
October 24, 2004 Empress Maria to be re-buried in Russia
October 02, 2004 Lawsuit over cemeteries delays OHare expansion
October 01, 2004 New school planned for site of historic Dallas cemetery
September 29, 2004 Imelda renews plea on FM burial
September 28, 2004 Rains force historic Jewish cemetery to move vaults to safer ground
September 21, 2004 Tangle River graves to be relocated
September 21, 2004 Graves moved because of slips
August 05, 2004 Church, ancestor come to terms
August 03, 2004 Cemetery Dispute Resolved
July 31, 2004 Montco church plans to relocate, taking whole cemetery with it
July 27, 2004 Church relocating to avoid sprawl; takes deceased along
July 26, 2004 Leona: I'm Dead Set On Moving Harry
July 25, 2004 Cemetery faces an uncertain future
July 19, 2004 Cemetery relocation to provide refuge from sprawl
June 18, 2004 Judge OKs move of cemetery
May 27, 2004 World War II Pilots Bones to Be Reburied
May 26, 2004 Citadel may soon move bones from stadium site
May 26, 2004 Woman challenging relocation of remains from Wal-Mart site
May 04, 2004 Corpse with False Passport Stays 16 Days at Airport
October 13, 2003 Greenville church ponders moving graves
September 26, 2003 Remains of 400 slaves to be reburied
 
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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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