In this essay I will cover some of his omissions and comment on his sources afterward. One cannot deny that much evidence exists from archaeology supporting certain events and places described in the Bible. Kennedy identifies numerous examples, but he omits some crucial information. Let us first consider the Flood, of which Kennedy writes three short paragraphs. Ignore, for now, the non-archaeological fact that a flood as described in the Bible would require an enormous volume of water to be present on the earth, and that the earth does not have a tenth as much water, even if we count the ice at the poles.
Many cultures do have ancient flood stories.
The fact is, there are no archaeological records supporting the notion of a world-wide deluge. It is likely that the Biblical Flood story was based, if not on legend, on some actual but local flood in Sumerian history. As in the case of our own Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, unusual rises bring about floods. A country as flat as Sumeria would not require much flooding before large portions of the entire region are covered. A particularly bad flood would live on in the memories of later generations, and such bad floods definitely occurred.