Erech

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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."