Around 720 BCE, the Assyrian empire destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel and, according to Bible, sent the Ten Lost Tribes into exile, repopulating the area with exiles from other conquered lands. An excavation of the ancient city of Tel Hadid, located in central Israel, has uncovered evidence of this version of events, according to the Biblical Archaeology Society:
One document [found at Tel Hadid] is a real-estate tablet from the autumn of 698 BCE. Written in Akkadian—the native language of the Assyrian empire—all nine individuals named on the tablet (the buyer, the seller, and seven witnesses) have either Aramean or Akkadian names. Not one individual has a name [invoking the Jewish deity, such as Jeremiah, Isaiah, or Hezekiah], suggesting that the Israelites were gone. Similar Akkadian documents and seals have been found at the nearby site of Gezer.
Two seasons of excavations at Tel Hadid have uncovered buildings and artifacts that shed light on the people brought there by the Assyrians. Once archaeologists uncover the artifacts left behind, they can begin to identify who created them, who built them, and who used them. The archaeologists at Tel Hadid are also intrigued by the motivations of those forcibly resettled by the Assyrians more than 2,700 years ago.
Read more on Bible History Daily: https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/biblical-archaeology-sites/refugees-at-tel-hadid/