Asyut is the biggest town in upper Egypt, and is about 234 miles south of Cairo. It is an old city which people first migrated to in pharaonic times, then it turned out to be the capital of the Thirteenth Nome of Egypt and named Syut.
A while after, the Greeks renamed it to Lycopolis which means “city of the wolf.” They did this because of their belief in the importance of the Jackal gods “Wepwawet,” (‘Opener of Ways’), and Anubis. Even though the city was worth good value in its position between Upper and Lower Egypt, somehow it came to be that it managed to get passed by as the capital.
Of ancient interest is the Necropolis of Assiut, where tombs of many regional leaders may be found, which makes the area’s historical side very valuable.
