If they had found some Baal temple with writing on the wall talking about camels, they would have exclaimed, “What a find!”
The bible is the only writing I know that has to constantly prove itself (and does so) yet tells everyone that it must be taken on faith. Every other early writing is taken on faith without a shred of proof.
They are continually finding new archaeological items that both verify and push back the Hebrew existence in Jerusalem and the Roman Province of Palestine, even at the Temple Mount/Second Temple walls.
Funny. There was no mention of Palestinians back then.
Amen Harley. When you tell the average person that the Bible is the most reliable (historically) ancient document we have they chuckle to themselves like ignorant fools. I have even had people tell me that Jesus was not a real figure but when you point out that he is mentioned in non-Christian writings of the time you get a blank vague stare. People are willfully ignorant in a lot of cases - when you tell them to check out Josephus or Tacitus they won’t or don’t bother! Archaeological finds continue to reinforce the accuracy of the Bible and have done so as long as people have been looking - so much so that if it were any other document people would check their findings against it and question themselves a second time if they found something in disagreement with it!
Ancient historians debate the reliability of other ancient texts—Herodotus, Livy, Egyptian inscriptions, etc. It’s just that there isn’t as much riding on the verdict.