Erech
   (LXX., "Orech"), length, or Moon-town, one of the cities of
   Nimrod's kingdom in the plain of Shinar (Gen. 10:10); the Orchoe
   of the Greeks and Romans. It was probably the city of the
   Archevites, who were transplanted to Samaria by Asnapper (Ezra
   4:9). It lay on the left bank of the Euphrates, about 120 miles
   south-east of Babylon, and is now represented by the mounds and
   ruins of Warka. It appears to have been the necropolis of the
   Assyrian kings, as the whole region is strewed with bricks and
   the remains of coffins. "Standing on the summit of the principal
   edifice, called the Buwarizza, a tower 200 feet square in the
   centre of the ruins, the beholder is struck with astonishment at
   the enormous accumulation of mounds and ancient relics at his
   feet. An irregular circle, nearly 6 miles in circumference, is
   defined by the traces of an earthen rampart, in some places 40
   feet high."