Asyut is the capital of the modern Asyut Governorate in Egypt. It was built close to the ancient city of the same name, which is situated nearby.

It was known as Lycopolis or Lykopolis (Greek: Λυκούπολις) in the Antiquity, an ancient town in the Sebennytic nome in Lower Egypt.

Lycopolis (ancient Egyptian: zꜣwty, modern: Asyut) is an Ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile, located in Upper Egypt.

In Hellenistic times it was known as Lycopolis (“Wolf City”), an allusion to the worship of the jackal-headed god. It was the birthplace of the Neoplatonist ...

The principal object of worship was the jackal Apouaitou, whence the Greek Lycopolis, or city of the wolf. It subsequently became the capital of the ...

1 When Ptolemy the king of Egypt laid siege to the city of Lycopolis, the Egyptian chiefs in terror surrendered at discretion. 2 He used, -186. Agatharchides ...

Lycopolis. (he Lukon polis). A city of Upper Egypt, on the west bank of the Nile, between Hermopolis and Ptolemais. Its name was said to be derived from the ...

Oct 27, 2020 · “Wepwawet is an ancient Egyptian god. He was similar to Anubis and not as well-known later. He is called the "opener of the ways" and that ...