Prominent online atheist anti-theist Jonathan M. S. Pearce, who runs the blog, A Tippling Philosopher (1), provides an example of the fairly standard I approach the tower of Babel story in Genesis 11 with the goal of seeking to understand which aspects of it can be verified by secular archaeology and linguistics.
I will be drawing heavily from an article written by the eminent Bible scholar and historian Edwin M. Yamauchi, entitled, "The archaeological background I present several evidences from secular historical accounts & archaeology that back up the historical trustworthiness of the book of Nehemiah from the 5th c. B.C.
My upcoming book is entitled, The Word Set in Stone: How Science, History, and Archaeology Prove Biblical Truth. It will be published probably in the Archaeologists in Israel found a monumental inscription by King Hezekiah of Judah (the first from these kings). It also associates him with the construction of pools.