Such does Not PROVE Bible inspired of God -- directly.
It Shows that it is historically accurate -- which it would HAVE to be if inspired.
It is confirmed to such a degree that it is unique of ALL books.
a. famine in Egypt in time of Joseph, confirmed by Petrie - 1912
b. Exodus 5, bricks and straw. confirmed by Kyle in 1908, who found at Pithon the lower courses of bricks filled with good straw, the middle courses with stubble, and the upper with no straw at all.
c. Joshua 6, walls of Jericho
1. walls fell flat, verse 20, Dr. Garstang in
1929-36 excavated the city. Walls were double walls, built on bad foundations, connected by mortar at top(thus leaving a "house" between the walls), the remains show that the outer wall fell outward, down the hill - pulling the inner wall after
2. date given: 1400 B.C., (Joshua time)
3. city burned with fire, (verse 24), ample evidence.
4. No devoted" things taken (vs. 18:24) food stuffs and lentils, etc. found in the storerooms, all seemingly untouched.
d. original Monotheism (belief in one God), all writings of early history bear this out.
e. early writing. Until fairly recent times, it was thought that writing was not known until the time of Moses. The Code of Hammurabi, the Weld Prism, the pre-flood tablets have now proven the use of writing in Abraham's day and even much earlier.
f. early use of metals (Gen. 4:21,22)
Until recently the "Iron Age" was supposed to be from 1200 B.C. onward. Dr. Frankfort's discovery in 1933 pushed the use of iron back 1500 more years. Other discoveries show use of Bronze and other metals before the flood.
g. BUILDING OF EGYPTIAN CITIES , BY HEBREW SLAVE LABOR (Ex. 1:11) now confirmed by Naville, 1883; Petrie, 1905; and Fisher, 1922
h. KING BELSHAZZER OF BABYLON (Dan. 5) For many years all Babylonian records showed no such name listing Nabonidus as the last king before the Persian invasion However, the British Museum discovered a number of clay tablets that listed Nabonidus as having a son, Belshazzer, who ruled jointly with him and was killed in the persian conquest.