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Date Item Title
July 02, 2008 'Graveyard groomer' helps restore stones at cemetery
February 16, 2007 Final ancient Kitora tomb painting removed
August 26, 2006 Decision expected on Tomb of Unknowns
August 17, 2006 Karachi Christians seek restoration of oldest cemetery
August 17, 2006 Historic cemetery getting new life
August 07, 2006 DRC's colonial-era statues wait in graveyard
August 04, 2006 Repairing sacred ground
July 16, 2006 Cadets roll into action to spruce up graveyard
July 03, 2006 Volunteers Restore Historic Cemetery
June 07, 2006 Harlington crypt gets facelift
April 23, 2006 Joining together to fix cemetery
April 20, 2006 Raffled quilt may cover repair of tomb
March 26, 2006 Tomb of Arizonas first governor needs repairs
March 26, 2006 Dantes tomb to be restored
February 22, 2006 Restoration of Cyrus Tomb Resumed
February 01, 2006 Students Clean Up Family Cemetery In Lilburn
January 27, 2006 Project pursues city cemetery upgrades
January 20, 2006 Kin worry whether loved ones bodies are in cemetery
January 15, 2006 Families seek restored cemetery for deceased, mentally ill relatives
August 03, 2005 Battle over tombs marble has slab stuck
August 01, 2005 Cemetery saga continues
July 10, 2005 Tombstones to be removed from bayou
June 27, 2005 From Seaside Cemetery To Cayman Landmark
June 14, 2005 A fading epitaph in Rome
June 13, 2005 Memorial for graves gets another green light
March 17, 2005 Area firefighters helping clear Citizens Cemetery
February 05, 2005 Nearly gone . . . but not forgotten
November 07, 2004 Naval heros tomb gets swabbed
November 02, 2004 Parishs oldest cemetery faces threats
October 16, 2004 Work halted after graves from 19th Century cemetery damaged
October 04, 2004 City Blamed for Colonial Cemetery Damage
October 03, 2004 Giving gravestones a new lease on life
September 19, 2004 Mausoleum project honored
August 26, 2004 Coffins exposed in cemetery
August 20, 2004 Mystery of the mounds: Bob Ross tends to forgotten graves
August 17, 2004 Cemetery work never ends
August 16, 2004 Commission approves new plan for cemetery memorial
August 13, 2004 Man wants burial site restored
August 13, 2004 Inmates maintain cemetery
August 09, 2004 Life after death: A troubled cemetery is revived
August 09, 2004 At this cemetery, gone but no longer forgotten
August 08, 2004 History, mystery revealed: passerbys inspiration restores old cemetery
August 05, 2004 Group strives to restore historic Richardson Cemetery
August 05, 2004 Damaged mural successfully peeled off tomb wall
August 02, 2004 Restorers start removing Kitora tombs paintings
August 02, 2004 Teens love of history led to cemetery restoration
August 02, 2004 Cemetery desperate for help
August 02, 2004 Group plans to resurrect Salesville Cemetery
July 31, 2004 Inmates restore child graves dating back to 1920s
July 25, 2004 Marlborough woman has grave concerns
 
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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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