Asyut

Asyut in hieroglyphs

The name o the ceety is derived frae early Egyptian Zawty (Z3JW.TJ) (late Egyptian, Səyáwt) intae the Coptic Syowt ⲥⲓⲟⲟⲩⲧ. In Graeco-Roman Egyp, it wis cried Lycopolis or Lykopolis (Greek: Λυκόπολις, "ἡ Λύκων πόλις"), Lycon, or Lyco .

Auncient Asyut wis the caipital o the Thirteent Nome o Upper Egyp (Lycopolites Nome) aroond 3100 BC. It wis locate on the wastren bank o the Nile. The twa maist prominent gods o Auncient Egyptian Asyut wur Anubis an Wepwawet, baith funerary deities.

In the First Intermediate Period, the rulers o "Zawty"; Khety I, Itefibi, an Khety II wis supporters o the Herakleopolitan keengs, o whase domain the Nome formed the soothren limits. The conflict atween this Nome an the soothren Nomes unner the rule o the Eleivent dynasty endit wi the victory o Thebes an the decline o Asyut's importance.

The shield o a keeng named Recamai, wha ringed in Upper Egyp (likely unner the "shepherd dynasty" in the "Lawer Kintra"), haes been diskivered in Asyut . Lycopolis haes nae remarkable ruins, but in the excavatit chambers o the adjacent rocks is foond mummies o woufs, confirmin the oreegin o its name, as weel as a tradition preserved bi Diodorus Siculus , tae the effect that an Aethiopian airmy, invadin Egyp, wis repelled ayont the ceety o Elephantine bi packs o wouf s. 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 aid Isis an Horus in their combat wi Typhon . Ither Auncient Egyptian monuments diskivert in Asyut include; the Asyut necropolis (wast o the modren ceety), tombs whilk date tae dynasties Nine, Ten an Twal, an Ramessid tombs o Siese an Amenhotep.

In Graeco-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".

Thir days, the ceety o Asyut haes amaist 400,000 indwellers. It is the Egyptian ceety wi the heicest Coptic Christian concentration. It is an' a' hame tae the University o Asyut, ane o the lairgest universities in Egyp, tae the Assiut Barrage, an tae the Lillian Trasher Orphanage. The Virgin Mary is reportit tae hae appeared in Asyut on 17 August 2000. This apparition is recognized as an offeecial Marian apparition bi the Coptic Orthodox Church.

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 the Mediterranean Sea an the Red Sea. This conditions gies the ceety, nearhaun touns an veelages a teepical properties o continental climate. Meanin that the ceety haes hairsh an chilly cauld winter weather, an vera het but non-humid simmers. In simmer time, the temperature can reak 40C an exceed it tae 42C. Yet, in winter Asyut gets sub-zero temperatures at nicht an frost can be formed easy like. While hail or snaw is extremely rare acause o the law averages o the ceety's rain precipitation.

• Coluthus (5t century) Greek poet
• Gamal Abdel Nasser - The seicont Egyptian preses.
• Shenouda III, current Pape o the Coptic Orthodox Kirk o Alexandria.
• Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed - Egyptian naitionalist.
• Meletius o Lycopolis, foonder o the Meletians
• al-Suyuti a Sunni scholar wha dee'd in the year 1505

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•   This airticle incorporates text frae a publication nou in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–57). "^{article name needed}". Dictionary o Greek an Roman Geography. London: John Murray.