The science of archaeology strongly confirms the accuracy of the Bible. There are many examples of Biblical references which were said to be unlikely or wrong, only to have archaeology later prove that it was the critics who were mistaken (for example, witness the 1993 discovery of an inscription bearing the phase “House of David”, proving that King David was real). Every significant person and place mentioned in the Bible since the time of the inhabitation of the Holy Land by the Israelites (following the exodus from Egypt and the desert wandering) has now been verified.