No.
Regards,
A.B.—
As someone who teaches in the field, I respectfully disagree with your no.
If you are told that nearly everyone in Chicago was Barak, Hasan, Omar, Mohammad and the like, and that the culture of Alphonso, Rocco, and Giuseppe had no connection with the town until later, and that their culture didi not exist until much later, this is a big deal.
Few, if any, of these names could refer directly to relevant Biblical persons, but showing that the cradle of Biblical culture existed as described in terms of name usage and was in contact with Egypt is of great value given the present state of archaeology as it interacts with Biblical Scholarship.
Shanks had managed to do a lot of good work in terms of advancing the fruitful interaction of archaeology and the Bible—esp. given that he was trained as a lawyer. If he thinks that something is worth getting out in front of the public, I’d trust his opinion over that of most others.