Erech
Uruk, the archeological site known today as Warka, was an ancient city in the Near East or West Asia, located east of the current bed of the Euphrates River, on an ancient, now-dried channel of the river in Muthanna Governorate, Iraq.
- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
- Description: ancient city of Sumer and Babylonia
- Also known as“Akkadian Uruk”“Auruk”“Erekh”“Orékh”“Orkhóē”“Ōrúgeia”“Tall al Warkā’”“Tel al Warka”“Uruk”
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Ziggurat of Uruk.
Ziggurat of Uruk
Place of worship
The Anu ziggurat is a ziggurat in the city of Uruk.
220 metres northeast of Erech
Erech
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Latitude
31.32334° or 31° 19′ 24″ north
Longitude
45.63833° or 45° 38′ 18″ east
Open location code
8H378JFQ+88
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Erech” goes by many names.
UrukAfrikaans
UrukAlbanian
ኡሩክAmharic
ኦሬክAmharic
ዋርካ፥ ኢራቅAmharic
أركArabic
الوركاءArabic
اوركArabic
اوروكArabic
تل الوركاءArabic
وركاءArabic
ՈւրուկArmenian
UrukAsturian
UrukBasque
УрукBelarusian
Урукскі перыядBelarusian
উরুকBengali
এরেকBengali
এরেখBengali
ঔরুকBengali
UrukBosnian
УрукBulgarian
ÈrecCatalan
ErekCatalan
UrukCatalan
ئورووکCentral Kurdish
乌鲁克Chinese
烏魯克Chinese
烏魯克城Chinese
УрукChuvash
UrukCroatian
ErechCzech
UnugCzech
UrukCzech
UrukDanish
UrukDimli (individual language)
OeroekDutch
UrukDutch
WarkaDutch
UrukEsperanto
UrukEstonian
ErekFinnish
UrukFinnish
ÉrecGalician
ErechGalician
UnugGalician
UrukGalician
ურუკიGeorgian
ურუქიGeorgian
ΟυρούκGreek
אורוכHebrew
ארךHebrew
उरुकHindi
UrukHungarian
ÚrúkIcelandic
UrukIdo
UrukIndonesian
UrukIrish
UrukItalian
WarqaItalian
ウルクJapanese
에렉Korean
에릭Korean
우루크Korean
우룩Korean
우르크Korean
UrûkKurdish
ئورووکKurdish
OrchoëLatin
UrukLatin
UrūkaLatvian
UrukasLithuanian
УрукMacedonian
OrokaMalagasy
ურუქიMingrelian
उरुकNewari
UrukNorwegian
ErekNorwegian Bokmål
UnugNorwegian Bokmål
UrukNorwegian Bokmål
UrukOccitan (post 1500)
اور وکPersian
Al-WarkaPolish
UrukPolish
UrukRomanian
УрукRussian
Урукский периодRussian
ЭрехRussian
UrukSardinian
UrukScots
UrukSerbian
УрукSerbian
KulabaSerbo-Croatian
UnugSerbo-Croatian
UrukSerbo-Croatian
ErechSlovak
UrukSlovak
VarkaSlovak
ErehSlovenian
ErešSlovenian
UrukSlovenian
اوروکSouth Azerbaijani
UrukSwahili
UrukSwedish
UrukSwiss German
UrukTagalog
உரூக்Tamil
อูรุกThai
UrukTurkish
ЕрехUkrainian
УрукUkrainian
اوروکUrdu
UrukVietnamese
UrukWaray (Philippines)
乌鲁克Wu Chinese
烏魯克Yue Chinese
烏魯克城Yue Chinese
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