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The World's First Dictionary: A Mesopotamian Legacy

The earliest known dictionary in history comes from Mesopotamia.

The artifact before you is the oldest bilingual dictionary, consisting of 24 cuneiform tablets.

It features word lists in Sumerian alongside their Akkadian equivalents, providing a linguistic bridge between these two ancient languages.

These tablets are part of the renowned Ebla archive, a treasure trove of Mesopotamian knowledge.

By 2500 B.C., Sumerian scribes had developed a writing system with around 800 cuneiform signs, allowing them to document myths, fables, essays, hymns, proverbs, epic poetry, laws, medical texts, and even astronomical observations.

Today, this remarkable dictionary is housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris.

17-year-old Addison Bethea was in 5-feet-deep water near Grassy Island in Florida when a shark suddenly bit her on the leg.⁠ ⁠ As Addison struggled in the water, her brother Rhett Willingham leapt into action and dived into the water.⁠ ⁠ Fighting to save his sister’s life, Rhett managed to free his sister’s leg from the shark’s grip, before dragging her to safety on his boat.⁠ ⁠ Addison was then airlifted around 80 miles away to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, where she underwent emergency surgery to amputate her leg.⁠ ⁠ If it wasn’t for her brother’s quick-thinking and brave actions, Addison could have lost her life on that day too.⁠

The Veluwemeer Aqueduct, located in the Netherlands, is a unique water bridge that allows ships to sail over a highway. ⛵🚙

📽: Floris Hermans

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Veluwemeer Aqueduct is a 25-metre (82 ft) long, 19 meter wide, navigable aqueduct (also known as a water bridge) located over Veluwemeer Lake in Harderwijk, Netherlands. It was opened in 2002 and bypasses the N302 road.

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