the republic of cyprus is a unitary presidential representative republic. this is where an elected official is chosen to be the president as well as the head of state government. The country is split into two parts and has been that way since 1974. the northern part is owned by turkey and the southern part is the independent republic of cyprus. there were some conflicts within the country but currently cyprus is stagnant, it has also become a very popular tourist attraction. the president is Nicos Anastasiades and is saving his country from their previous debt crisis. He is also has hope to unite the two sides of the island. There was an arranged meeting in 2015 with a talk about the island but they ended two years after and the country is still divided. although the suffered an economic crisis Cyprus is one of the fastest growing economically and are reaching stability quickly. As far as voting goes none of the greek resedents are able to vote for who they want for president
Cultural Anthropology
Gabriel Han Sep 16 IHSS Cultural Anthropology Blog I read an article about the Dead Sea Scrolls, and a study around them conducted by MIT. The Dead Sea Scrolls are a series of ancient Hebrew texts that were discovered in 1947. The study was focused on one scroll known as the Temple scroll, out of the 900 or so scrolls. The scrolls were hidden in jars on hillsides north of the Dead Sea, often under debris. The reason the Temple scroll was chosen was because it is the largest and most well preserved of the scrolls, despite the fact that the material is incredibly thin, at only 1/250 of an inch thick. The study was to investigate how the parchment was made, and what it was made of. Results showed it was processed in a strange way, and made of odd ingredients like evaporates that differed from the normal ones. This raises questions such as how did they make it, or come up with the idea for it? Scientists believe that understanding this parchment could provide insights into the cultur...
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