[ValerieUSA]

That is not the scientific objective way to present the information.
It reveals an agenda that is easily noted and disdained by the very people who would benefit from taking a close look at the evidence. They are turned off immediately and justified in ignoring the report because it clearly is deliberately antagonistic and smug instead of matter-of-fact.
Biblical history must be shown to be matter-of-fact first. Then the other conclusions may be reached by the people who have been blind and resistant to the possibility that Biblical truth exists and can be proven.

[Just mythoughts]

"That is not the scientific objective way to present the information. "

Most people of the "science" have done just about everything they can to disprove the BIBLE. So I won't be shedding any tears over their supposed hurt feelings.

All my life in science nothing about the Bible was relevant, and 99% of anything religious has always ignored Esau. This is very curious considering that Jacob/Israel's and Esau's mother was told that in her womb were two nations. So I ask you where is Esau?

[Pres Raygun]

Your objections to the way the story is written are actually kind of funny since the source is the Toronto Globe and Mail, which is the Canadian equivalent to the NY Times. The story is somewhat sensationalistic, but it accurately reflects the current debate in Biblical Archaeology over the past decade. If you are interested you should read Williams Dever's What Did the Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know It? He correctly points out that many of the minimalists are politically motivated leftists, while others are honestly trying to find the truth, but rely too heavily on their belief that the OT is religious propaganda. Dever is hardly a fundamentalist and doesn't believe the Torah is history.