Archaeology · 2 · Miriam
Hundreds of letters, and no Israel
About 380 Amarna Letters from the 1300s BCE mention biblical towns like Shechem, Hebron, and Megiddo. They never mention Israel, Judah, or any biblical figure.
Silence in the sources is evidence too.
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The letters date to when the exodus and conquest supposedly happened, and they show Egypt firmly in control of Canaan. The biblical narratives, by contrast, don't seem to know Egypt ruled the land at all.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 33–36
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