This has been something that I have been wondering for a while. Many historians use the Bible to cite or prove their theses and or hypotheses. It is true that many places and artifacts in the Bible have definitely existed; The Tower of Babyl, Noah's Ark, Garden of Eden (Apparently). Others say that you cannot cite it, since it's "eye-witness accounts" and it is simply collective memory since the beginning of time.

What are your thoughts?