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Study the region of central transjordan in the middle east. Pompeii (1860) italy they recorded and excavated. They wanted to recognize and understand the past. There was a great demand for this material. Heinrich schliemann excavated the city of troy (18th century) He proved that it was actually true. He tried to prove the curiosity of the past. Basically, other the century, people knew about the past but they wanted to prove the past. They wanted to understand their own religion and how everything came to be. It is an experiment that can only occur once. Howard carter and the valley of the kings (1922) discovered the tomb, and he developed photographs and took pictures of anything before it was moved. These times, the focus was on more prestige items, looking at anything that would form a state, and nothing more specific than that of a pretty thing.
