easter island lies in the southern pacific, and because of the Atlantic winds, it has a cooler climate compared with is tropical polynesian neighbors. Today, much of the island is a nature park and it towns thrive on tourist who come to see the ancient carved moai. not too long ago however the island was nearly uninhabitable. Though civilization on easter island survived infertile soil and a raging rat population brought about a natural collapse of the island ecosystem

monasticism. people often do monasticism in monasteries

a. men

and during later times male slaves as well

the lachish letters were written by hoshaiah, a military officer stationed possibly in mareshah,   and sent to yaush, possibly the commanding officer at lachish.

the series of letters were written in carbon ink in ancient hebrew on clay ostraca, shortly before lachish fell to the babylonian army of king nebuchadnezzar in 588/6 bc during the reign of zedekiah, king of judah.