This stone was found upside down as a part of a walkway or seating area in a theatre in Ceasarea, laid in the fourth century. It's marble, and originally was part of a stone inscription on a first century building.
By Roman form, this would have read --
"To the divine Augustus Tibereum,
Pontius Pilate
Prefect of Judea
Dedicates this"
You can see clearly the name of the emperor Tiberius, and the latin name Pontius Pilatus. Without a doubt, both men were alive and in the Holy Land around 30 AD, when the stone would have been inscribed and originally mounted. Jesus was crucified in 33 AD.
This stone is something many people in this world still don't know about; it is PROOF that the new testament is not mythological but historical in nature. There is quite a bit of proof extant, but nothing that's any better than this. The name of the emperor in power during the events of Jesus' crucifixion, and the name of the Roman political leader who condemned Him to the cross, on a stone dedicatory plaque from Ceasarea -- the town Herod built to impress Rome.
Literally dozens of names from the Old and New Testaments have been found, engraved in stone or inscribed into small jewelry or ornaments, or even carved in monuments made by the governments of other countries.
You can dispute the miraculous parts, but the historical parts of the Bible are just that -- historical, real, true. There are lots of scriptures whose historical references are known as true, and some whose historical references are not YET known as true. But there are none whose offered history is proven to be false.
In spite of the most modern schools of archaeology, and their efforts to minimize the realities of the bible in the most recent century.
The longer we watch Holy Land archaeology, the more is found that proves out the stories of the Bible. This was found in 1961, and most people even today don't realize that Pilate was a real person, not just written of in the Bible but also in Roman archival material, and in this dedication stone from Ceasarea.