A hearty Anxient Axis Salute to you, dear reader. This vault is the archive and background for writings available on the [Anxient Axis substack](https://anxientaxis.substack.com), a place where I write on aspects of the ancient world I find interesting (1000 BCE to 500 CE give or take). My focus is especially on biblical studies and the Gospels, but I'm also a generalist with a fascination for "big-picture connections" everywhere present in the ancient Mediterranean, North Africa, and Southwest Asia. Hope you find the histories and topics here as fun and fascinating as I do! Sincerely, The Editor