A Strange Curiosity from Central Asia

A silver shaft-hole axe from the Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex (Oxus Civilization). We unpack the iconography, BMAC context, materials and casting, and the object’s modern trail. What can one ceremonial axe reveal about Bronze Age networks linking Iran, Central Asia, Mesopotamia, and the Indus?

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