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==Archaeological information==
[[File:Jan de Bray 003.jpg|thumb|left|By [[Jan de Bray]], 1659]]

The etymology of Sisera's name is unclear.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Niditch|first=Susan|title=Judges|publisher=Westminster John Knox Press|year=2008|isbn=978-0-664-22096-9|location=Louisville|pages=64}}</ref> Sisera's name has been variously identified as [[Philistine]], [[Hittites|Hittite]], [[Hurrian]], or Egyptian (Ses-Ra, "servant of [[Ra]]").<ref>[http://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/sisera/ Easton's Bible Dictionary: Sisera]</ref> The Israeli scholar and [[archaeology|archaeologist]] [[Adam Zertal]] identifies Sisera with the [[Sea Peoples|Sea People]] called [[Sherden]], arguing that Sisera came from the island of [[Sardinia]].<ref name=Siegel>{{cite news|author=Judy Siegel-Itzkovich|url=https://www.jpost.com/ChristianInIsrael/Features/Article.aspx?id=180213 |title=Long time archaeological riddle solved, Canaanite general was based in Wadi Ara|work= [[Jerusalem Post]]|date= July 2, 2010}}</ref>

Zertal and [[Oren Cohen]] proposed that the excavation at [[Ahwat]] between [[Harish, Israel|Harish]] and the [[Wadi Ara]] is the site of [[Harosheth Haggoyim]], Sisera's military base.<ref name="Siegel"/><ref name=Haifa>[http://newmedia-eng.haifa.ac.il/?p=3309 "Archaeological mystery solved"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705114906/http://newmedia-eng.haifa.ac.il/?p=3309 |date=2010-07-05 }}, [[University of Haifa]] press release, July 1, 2010.</ref> However, consensus has not been reached regarding the site of Harosheth Haggoyim. Niditch suggests that its association with the term ''haroset'' might indicate its placement at any number of wooded places.<ref name=":0" />
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