Anyone? My friend's got me stumped.
2007-07-23 20:43:08 · 8 answers · asked by Zowzooma, the Angry Deity 2 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
The word would have to be "taphology."
"Taphos" is ancient Greek for "tomb" and "logein" is ancient Greek for "to study."
A similar word is "taphophilia" [from "taphos," tomb + "philia," attraction, love] which is defined as: "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"
2007-07-25 03:07:41 · answer #1 · answered by historybuff 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm surprised so many here can't figure this one out. The Greek word " Ology" is the "study of" hence a tomb is a burial place so, the study of a burial place would be called tombology, simple.
2007-07-24 23:30:05 · answer #2 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Got me stumped...archeology is the study of human cultures. I can't find anything. Tell your friend to give it up!!
2007-07-24 04:56:44 · answer #3 · answered by Paula 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Archeology?
2007-07-23 20:53:20 · answer #4 · answered by poisonous_nightshade 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no such word. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ologies#List_of_-ologies see for yourself. Check that list of -ologies
2007-07-24 19:53:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I vote with the first answer. Tombology is a great word, whether it is a real word or not.
2007-07-24 12:24:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no for sure
it means science in"gracee"
2007-07-23 20:53:00 · answer #7 · answered by zoz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tombology. that was hard
2007-07-23 20:51:17 · answer #8 · answered by tomfromtrenton 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋