cremation

technique or ceremony involving burning of human remains
Event disposal_of_human_corpses Q207315
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cremation

Summary

cremation is a disposal of human corpses[1]. cremation has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • cremation's instance of is recorded as disposal of human corpses[3].
  • cremation's instance of is recorded as reason for no value[4].
  • cremation is a type of disposal of human corpses[5].
  • cremation is a type of key event[6].
  • cremation's Commons category is recorded as Cremations[7].
  • cremation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cremation[8].
  • cremation's Commons gallery is recorded as Cremation[9].
  • cremation's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+49743'}[10].
  • cremation's earliest date is recorded as -40000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • cremation's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • cremation's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • cremation's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[14].
  • cremation's described by source is recorded as Dresdner Hefte[15].
  • cremation's has effect is recorded as cremains[16].
  • cremation's main Wikidata property is recorded as P4602[17].
  • cremation's different from is recorded as holocaust[18].
  • cremation's uses is recorded as cremator[19].
  • cremation's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].
  • cremation's carbon footprint is recorded as {'unit': 'Q57084901', 'amount': '+233'}[21].
  • cremation's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as Secular humanism[22].

Body

Context

Recorded instance of include disposal of human corpses[3] and reason for no value[4].

Why It Matters

cremation has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] cremation is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . nouvelobs.com. Retrieved . nouvelobs.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . servicesfuneraires.fr. Retrieved . servicesfuneraires.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag cremation
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: cremation, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289917839|cremation (#289917839)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  2. 27d ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id Q294937
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q294937, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  3. 4w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id 4740
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 4740, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167477301|CREMATION (#167477301)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mi"
  4. 9w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id 0320749-kremace
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0320749-kremace, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  5. 14w ago · Krateven · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of disposal of human corpses, reason for no value
    Wikidata description technique or ceremony involving burning of human remains
    Jewish encyclopedia id (russian) 12230
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1438]]: 12230"
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