Harosheth Haggoyim

[3] In the late 19th century, Victor Guérin identified the southern Lebanese village of Hariss with Harosheth,[4] a location with which the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine seems to agree.

[7] Zertal based his 2010 Hebrew language Sisera’s Secret, A Journey following the Sea-Peoples and the Song of Deborah, (Dvir, Tel Aviv) on this theory.

[6] Among the more intriguing objects uncovered by the El-Ahwat dig is a small, round, bronze relief measuring about 2 cm.

Zertal explained the significance of the discovery, “This identification enhances the historical and archaeological value of the site and proves that chariots belonging to high-ranking individuals were found there.

It provides support for the possibility, which has not yet been definitively established, that this was Sisera’s city of residence and that it was from there that the chariots set out on their way to the battle against the Israelite tribes, located between the ancient sites of Taanach and Megiddo.”[7] Anson Rainey,[8] on the basis of the place name ("farmland")[clarification needed], the need for lowland (rather than wooded hilly terrain) for chariots, and other records of military encampments in the area, places the chariot base in the Valley of Jezreel, between Taanach and Megiddo.