Werner Keller gives a detailed account of the major discoveries in archeology and other related disciplines that have lent credence to the historicity of the scriptures. There are some intermingling scholarly criticisms and explanations of events that deny their supernatural causes. One example is the crossing of the red sea. Keller notes the skepticism in the scholarly world concerning these events and their suggestion that there was a mistranslation in the scriptures (red sea could have been instead, "reed" sea where the water is only a few inches deep). Keller seems to buy into alot of the skepticism and has no trouble with explainations that are natural over the superintendancy causes.. There was a very interesting detail regarding the fall of the city Tyre under the dominating military might of Alexander the Great. An included picture of siege equipment that Alexander used helped to solidify the reality of that point in history. Keller notes that many of the cities that were once thought fictitious did indeed exist and that modern archeology has uncovered a multitude of them thus silencing the voices of bible critics far and wide. The mystery of King Solomon's stables was discussed and there was some detail about the development of the nation of Israel through history. All and all, the book is a good solid text for understanding the issues of historicity and authentification or debunking of the holy scriptures.