Talk:Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial

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what on earth is the meaning of Hydriotaphia? Is it a word origins in latin? What is the meaning of taphia?

Greek for "Urn burial." A hydria is a large greek pot, a water jug usually. Wetman 15:37, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)

And taphos is a tomb. Smerdis of Tlön 15:39, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Urn discovery fictional?

Were these Norfolk urns actually discovered, or is this fiction?

If you bothered to approach the ACTUAL TEXT you would read 'In a field near old Walsingham recently between forty to fifty old urns were discovered.Norwikian

it's not the answer.

Well what the hell is, i've just quoted you the actual textual answer to your question.