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    Archaeology is the study of historical and prehistoric civilizations through the recovery and analysis of their material culture. Additionally, it contains the study of human activity in the past. It has often been used for political purposes. During the time of Adolf Hitler, the Nazi leader, archeology was of little particular interest. The importance of archeology was used by its leader to argue that Germany had every right to invade neighboring countries. They used nationalism and archeology itself to maintain and rationalize their superior Germanic race party ideology. This also makes it possible to employ many archaeologists to help them research and achieve their political goals, but the idea was not born in a short time. To fulfill their desire, the idea was first developed in the mid-1800s by two Frenchmen, Count de Gobineau and Count de Boulainvilliers (Young 2002). It is a basis on which archeology can be easily manipulated because its interpretation relies on unwritten sources. On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler founded the Nazi regime, he was appointed by President Paul von Hidenburg. This is the beginning of the great influence of the Nazis ruling Germany, they eliminate the freedom of individuals and create a society that goes beyond everyone's level and religious differences and they call it Volk community. During the first two years of his chancellorship, the Nazi became the power controller of all organizations such as political groups, the state and professional and cultural organizations. They aligned them with the desire of the Nazis. The Nazi regime successively established a system that controlled all aspects of society. Among the goals of this policy were two controls on how people think and on as many aspects of life as possible (Sh...... middle of paper ...... intentionally falsifying data, it It is important to learn from those under the Nazi regime because the Nazi government was not the only one to have misused and manipulated archaeological data for political and nationalist reasons and this example should serve as a warning to all archaeologists . Reference: Allen, William Sheridan.1984 The Nazi Seizure of Power: The Experience of a Single German City New York: F. Watts: 1922-1945Arnold, Bettina.1990 The Past as Propaganda: Totalitarian Archeology in the Nazi Germany 64(244): 464-478.Arnold, Bettina.2006. “Arierdammerung”: race and archeology in Nazi Germany 38(1):8-31.Bassett, Alecia.2013 Pseudo-archaeology: the appropriation and commercialization of the spectrum of cultural heritage (3): 61-67.Young, Megan.2002 The archeology of the Nazis. 78.