the history of the site is unclear but appears to have been used between the bronze and iron ages. it is surrounded with prickly-pear hedges and olives. the case was argued using the "equal protection clause" of the fourteenth amendment. seaweed beds cover approximately 45 percent of the lagoon's surface. in 1965 it was acquired by the institute of physics and the physical society, a rare case of a contract research company being owned by a learned society. generally, the issue stays open for five days. the height of curvature is the same as the height of contour. 