[Berosus]

I remember Immanuel Velikovsky talking about a place in the Sinai called Tharu, where Horemheb exiled prisoners after cutting off their noses. He thought Tharu was another name for El-Arish. Could this discovered "Tharo" be the place?

[SunkenCiv]

Interestingly, it sounds like the gate itself is called Tharo, as in, the Tharo gate, suggesting one left through it on the way to Tharo (Tharu?). :')