mummy
human or animal, whose skin and organs have been preserved
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Summary
mummy ranks in the top 0.71% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,160 views/month, #552 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: human remains[2], animal mummy[3]
- Commons category: Mummies[4]
- Has cause: mummification[5]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mummies[6]
- Commons gallery: Mummies[7]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[11], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13]
- Topic has template: Template:Mummies[14], Template:The Mummy[15]
- Different from: mummy in a work of fiction[16], Mummy[17]
- Studied by: mummy research[18], momiology[19]
- P14470: Concepts/Mummy[20]
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Influence
Things named for mummy include Some Words with a Mummy[21], a literary work[22], written by Edgar Allan Poe[23].
Why It Matters
mummy has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] mummy is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]
Entities named for mummy include Some Words with a Mummy[21], a literary work[22], written by Edgar Allan Poe[23].