1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of
Tiberius Caesar,
Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and
Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother
Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and
Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
2
Annas and
Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto
John the son of
Zacharias in the wilderness.
Several of the individual identified in this passage are substantiated at this site"
http://www.spiritrestoration.org/Archeology/Evidence%20of%20characters%20named%20in%20the%20bi ble.htmTiberius Caesar
1. Josephus
2. Contemporary Roman historians.
3. Numerous statues.
4. Coins with inscription and portrait.
5. Inscription from Caesarea when Pontius Pilate dedicated a temple to Tiberius.
Pontius Pilate1. Josephus, Tacitus, Philo
2. Latin inscription found in 1961 at Theater in Caesarea tells us that APontius Pilate, the prefect of Judea@ built a temple for Tiberius.
3. Coins that are known to be Pilates do not bear his name.
Herod1. Coins simply bear name "Herod" or "Herod the tetrarch"
2. JosephusPhilip tetrarch of Ituraea
Philip1. Josephus
2. Coins with inscription
3. Nabatean text mentions erection of a statue Ain the year 33 of our Lord Philip.
Lysanias1. Josephus
2. Inscription for dedication of temple at Abila mentions ALysanias the Tetrarch.
Annas1. Josephus
Caiaphas1. Josephus tells us his name was Joseph Caiaphas
2. Ossuary found in Jerusalem in 1990 has Hebrew inscription that reads "Joseph, son of Caiaphas."
John the son of Zacharias1. Josephus tells of his death.
In addition, there are three more findings that are not identified on the chart provided at the link.
The first is about John the Baptist and the "Cave of John the Baptist"... and an associated article and picture
http://www.bibleplaces.com/caveofjohnthebaptist.htm
and Annas
http://www.testimony-magazine.org/jerusalem/stones.htmThe tomb of Annas the high priest has recently been identified in a complex of elaborately decorated Second Temple tombs located at the southeast end of the Hinnom Valley (see Fig. 5). [Leen and Kathleen Ritmeyer, “Potter’s Field or High Priest’s Tomb?”, Biblical Archaeology Review, Nov./Dec. 1994, p. 22.] Although this tomb was once lavishly ornamented in imitation of the decoration of the nearby Temple Mount, and a city landmark, it has been robbed of all its grave goods, and is today used by Bedouins as a stable.
The third source concerns Absolom's Tomb in the Kidron Valley. An inscription found in Absolom's tomb in Jerusalem in 2003 containing these words, "This is the tomb of Zachariah, the martyr, the pious, the father of John."
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2003/s900660.htm
Biblical Archaeology Review has comments on the inscription in their Nov/Dec issue, page 19. "The angled light of the setting sun, a persistent anthropologist and a learned epigrapher have all helped to discover a nearly invisible Greek inscription in Absalom's pillar....."
"Archaeologists have dated the tomb itself to the time of Jesus..."
~serapha~
