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ELI5: How do historians and archaeologists comfirm that every ancient documents that they read are real?

You know that in the ancient times there is no digital stuffs to verify that it is really happening, they really say that, etc. So it is very possible that some historic writings are manipulated. Like there is a saying: history is written by the winners. Then how do historians can know that all the ancient writings they found are legit and not manipulated?
gpt
1. That quote is something of a joke among historians. “The winners” are rarely willing or able to get rid of every piece of evidence that contradicts their narrative.

2. Historians don’t just take the documents they find at face value. Every piece of evidence is examined in the context of other pieces to determine what it means.