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."