Birs

Of these by far the most striking is the vast ruin called the Birs-Nimrud, which many regard as the tower of

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

With respect to the view that the Birs is the sanctury of Belus, it may be observed in the first place that the size of the building is very much smaller than that ascribed to the Belus temple; secondly, that it was dedicated to Kebo, who cannot be identified with

The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. George Rawlinson 1857

They were allegedly involved in replacing 'Birs' of Guru Granth Sahib from Ravidass Gurudwaras, police said.

Zee News : India National 2010

Raw water was pumped from the river Birs into a lagoon for coarse matter separation from where it was conveyed to horizontal-flow roughing filters for fine solids separation.

8. Classification of roughing filters 1996

In 1444 the Swiss at the battle of St. Jakob on the Birs, not far from Basle, by their extraordinary courage defeated his French mercenaries, called

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

Birs-Nimrud, in Borsippa, situated on the right side of the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

Along a narrow valley the railway follows the river Birs, which falls into the Rhine, and winds in curves along the mountain flanks, sometimes high above the foot of the valley, and sometimes by the river's bank.

From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908

Birs was destroyed by Xerxes and restored by Antiochus Soter.

A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden Donald Maxwell 1906

The Birs, which was situated within the city of Borsippa, has been wrongly identified with the Tower of Babel.

A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden Donald Maxwell 1906

They worship two Birs or spirits, Halaila Bir and Sheikh Saddu, to whom they sacrifice fowls in the months of Bhadon (August) and Baisakh

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894