- Lycopolis and Lykopolis redirect here; for the ancient city
bearing those names located in the delta of the Nile, see
Lycopolis (Delta). |Elevation||70 m (230 ft)| |Time zone||EST
(UTC+2)| |Area code(s)||(+20) 88| Asyut or Assiut (Egyptian
Arabic: أسيوط Asyūṭ , IPA: [ʔɑsˈjuːtˤ]) is the capital of the
modern Asyut Governorate in Egypt; the ancient city of the same
name is situated nearby. The modern city is located at , while
the ancient city is located at . The name of the city is derived
from early Egyptian Zawty (Z3JW.TJ) (late Egyptian, Səyáwt)
adopted into the Coptic as Syowt ⲥⲓⲟⲟⲩⲧ. In Graeco-Roman Egypt,
it was called Lycopolis or Lykopolis (Greek: Λυκόπολις, "ἡ Λύκων
πόλις"), Lycon, or Lyco. Ancient Asyut  Ancient Asyut was the
capital of the Thirteenth Nome of Upper Egypt (Lycopolites Nome)
around 3100 BC. It was located on the western bank of the Nile.
The two most prominent gods of the Ancient Egyptian Asyut were
Anubis and Wepwawet, both funerary deities. During the First
Intermediate Period, the