newsday: interesting tidbits about cemeteries

i've been really interested in cemeteries lately. i was going to say that i'm not sure why, but i think i do know why. i mean, last month i visited the cemetery in eureka. last week, i visited my grandfather's cemetery in washington state. i also just finished reading her fearful symmetry by audrey niffenegger, which is about graves and ghosts, and stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers by mary roach, which also talks about cemeteries and graveyards. i think it would be strange if i wasn't really interested in cemeteries, i think.

regardless, here are some interesting articles and websites i've recently read regarding cemeteries, gravesites, and the like.

• here is an article about a graveyard of gladiators found in britain.
• here is an article about a nail found from the time of christ's crucifixion, surrounded by the remains of knights templar.
• and here are some websites with interesting information about what the symbols on gravestones mean. click here and here!