I believe one of the more overwhelming testimonies regarding the depth of archeological evidence for the New Testament is in the account of the famous historian and archeologist Sir William Ramsay. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Outstanding among the immigrant scholars was the famous historian al - Biruni, author of the epoch - making Kitabul Hind. (religion-online.org)
The famous historian of that time, Herodotus, claimed that he gathered an army of almost 5,000,000 men, but other more reliable sources say it was probably closer to 1 or 2 million men. (redeeminggod.com)