The name o the ceety is derived fraeearly EgyptianZawty (Z3JW.TJ) (late Egyptian,Səyáwt) intae theCopticSyowtⲥⲓⲟⲟⲩⲧ. InGraeco-RomanEgyp, it wis criedLycopolis orLykopolis (Greek: Λυκόπολις, "ἡ Λύκων πόλις"),[1]Lycon,[2] orLyco[3].
Auncient Asyut wis the caipital o the ThirteentNome oUpper Egyp (Lycopolites Nome) aroond 3100 BC. It wis locate on the wastren bank o theNile. The twa maist prominentgods oAuncient Egyptian Asyut wurAnubis anWepwawet, baith funerary deities.
The shield o a keeng namedRecamai, wha ringed inUpper Egyp (likely unner the "shepherd dynasty" in the "Lawer Kintra"), haes been diskivered in Asyut[4]. Lycopolis haes nae remarkable ruins, but in the excavatit chambers o the adjacent rocks is foondmummies o woufs, confirmin the oreegin o its name, as weel as a tradition preserved biDiodorus Siculus[5], tae the effect that anAethiopian airmy, invadin Egyp, wis repelled ayont the ceety oElephantine bi packs o woufs.Osiris wis worshipped unner the seembol o a wouf at Lycopolis. He haein, accordin tae a meeth, come "frae the shades" unner that form, tae aidIsis anHorus in their combat wiTyphon[6]. Ither Auncient Egyptian monuments diskivert in Asyut include; the Asyutnecropolis (wast o the modren ceety), tombs whilk date tae dynastiesNine,Ten anTwal, anRamessid tombs oSiese anAmenhotep.
InGraeco-Roman times, there wis a distinct dialect o Coptic spoken in Asyut, kent as "Lycopolitan", efter the Greek name for the ceety. Lesser-uised names for this dialect is "Sub-Akhmimic" an "Assiutic".
The ceety o Asyut is locatit tichtly atween twa ranges o aboot 600m-muntains on baith wastren an eastren sides. An interestingly it faws in mid Egyp, awa frae theMediterranean Sea an theRed Sea. This conditions gies the ceety, nearhaun touns an veelages a teepical properties ocontinental climate. Meanin that the ceety haes hairsh an chillycauldwinter weather, an vera het but non-humidsimmers. In simmer time, the temperature can reak 40C an exceed it tae 42C. Yet, in winter Asyut gets sub-zero temperatures at nicht anfrost can be formed easy like. Whilehail orsnaw is extremely rare acause o the law averages o the ceety'srainprecipitation.
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