» Lycopolis and Lykopolis redirect here; for the ancient city bearing those names located in the delta of the Nile, see Lycopolis (Delta). Asyut,'s the capital of the modern Asyut Governorate, Egypt; there's an ancient city nearby. The modern city's located at:, while the ancient city's located at: . Etymology The name of the city's derived from early Egyptian Zawty (Z3JW.TJ) (late Egyptian, Səyáwt) into the Coptic Syowt . In Graeco-Roman Egypt, it was called Lycopolis or Lykopolis (G… (More on Asyut)