Empirical evidence of historically mentioned locations/people/ things in the bible
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- 53 Kings and other figures mentioned in the Bible have been verified as being real people, via archeology.
- Cities mentioned in the Bible whose existence has been demonstrated via archaeology
https://carm.org/evidence-and-answers/archaeological-evidence-verifying-biblical-cities/
- Additional archaeological finds specific to the New Testament
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There is more support for biblical history than for most non-religious history. Archaeological finds are still continually confirming the record, and many are refuting instances of what were previously used as evidence against the Bible.
One other factor in its favour is that unlike the histories of most other nations, the Bible records Israelite history with all the warts. Other nations tended to erase the record and destroy evidence of any bad times.
You might read The Bible and Archaeology: How Archaeology Confirms the Biblical Record as an introduction to the topic.
In particular, this example appears near the end of the article:
… William M. Ramsay (1851-1939). Born in the lap of luxury, Ramsay was dutifully raised as a nonbeliever by his atheist parents. He graduated from Oxford University with a doctorate in philosophy and became a professor at the University of Aberdeen.
Determined to undermine the historical accuracy of the Bible, he studied archaeology with the aim of disproving the biblical account. Once ready with the necessary scientific tools and learning, he traveled to Palestine and focused on the book of Acts, which he fully expected to refute as nothing more than myth.
After a quarter-century of work, Ramsay was awestruck by the accuracy of the book of Acts. In his quest to refute the Bible, Ramsay discovered many facts which confirmed its accuracy.
He had to concede that Luke's account of the events and setting recorded in the narrative were exact even in the smallest detail. Far from attacking the biblical account, Ramsay produced a book, St. Paul, the Traveller and Roman Citizen, which supported it.
Eventually, William Ramsay shook the intellectual world by writing that he had converted to Christianity. Ironically, this man who set out to refute the Bible, found himself accepting the Bible as God's Word because of his explorations and discoveries.
And see The Bible and Archaeology: Archaeology and the Epistles.
There is a magazine dedicated to Jerusalem's biblical history. Watch Jerusalem - Archaeology contains a list of dozens of articles specifically about artefacts that confirm the biblical record.
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