Bronze Age AxeThe term Luristan references antiquities made by a society of semi nomadic people that once lived in the mountainous region of Northwest Iran. These cast bronze blades would have been used as weapons of war by soldiers of the ancient Iranian Empire one of the worlds first superpowers. But more than weapons, these tools were regarded as symbols of power and status, and often used as objects of ceremony and pageantry. Wax cast from an alloy of copper &