Birtha (Mesopotamia) bastions are quite traceable. There are the ruins of a vaulted secret staircase, leading down from the heart of the citadel to the water's edge. Birtha (Mesopotamia) Birtha () was an ancient fortress on the river Tigris, which was said to have been built by Alexander the Great. It would seem, from the description of Ammianus, to have resembled a modern fortification, flanked by bastions, and with its approaches defended by out-works. Shapur II here closed his campaign in 360, and was compelled to retire with considerable loss. D'Anville and Edward Gibbon both identify Birtha as modern-day Tikrit, Iraq. The
Modern Day Delilah performed in the middle of the concert, but was later played as the opening track. Modern Day Delilah "Modern Day Delilah" is a song by the American hard rock band Kiss, released on their nineteenth album "Sonic Boom", in 2009. It was released on August 19, 2009 as the first single off the album and the band's first single in eleven years. The song charted on US Mainstream Rock Tracks and Swedish Sverigetopplistan. "Modern Day Delilah" was announced and released as the lead single from "Sonic Boom" on August 19, 2009 to radio. The song was Kiss' first single release