Is there any archaeological evidence that the Israelites really conquered Ai as related in Book of Joshua 8 v 1to29?

There is no evidence that the Israelites conquered Ai. In fact, Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman ( The Bible Unearthed ) say that Jericho, Ai, Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth and Kiriath-jearim did not even exist at the time the conquest was supposed to happen Ze'ev Herzog says that, because of the total lack of evidence, some have claimed that the original story must have referred to the conquest of nearby Beit El and was transferred to Ai by later redactors. But even if true, this hypothesis would not explain the non-existence of some other cities: Jericho, Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth and Kiriath-jearim.

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