Merneptah Stele — First Mention of Israel

Pharaoh Merneptah (Ramesses II's son) put up a granite slab bragging about his military victories, and one line says 'Israel is laid waste, his seed is no more.' Obviously that was cap because Israel very much survived, but this is the earliest known reference to Israel as a people group. It proves that by ~1208 BCE, Israel existed in Canaan as a recognizable entity. Huge for biblical chronology.