People believed that Moses couldn't possibly have written the Torah since the Israelites didn't have a written language that long ago, until archaeology proved that they did.

People believed that the Biblical Hittites were mythological until archaeology proved the existence of a thousand year Hittite Empire larger than most American states.

People believed that the Babylonian Captivity was a Jewish fable until archaeology proved that it actually happened.

People believed that king lists of Israel and Judah were mostly mythical until archaeology proved that that they were real kings.

People believed that Hezekiah's Tunnel and the Pool of Siloam never existed until archaeology proved that they did.

Some people, still looking for any excuse to dismiss the Bible as myth, believe that Queen Esther never existed. I'll just wait for archaeology to prove that one true, too.

Happy #Purim!