Assiut is Upper Egypt Capital
because of it is strategic value position between Upper and Lower Egypt (Al
Saaeed) it is about 375 km south of Cairo. it was the end of the road for camel
caravans that traveled up the 40 Day Road from Darfur in the Sudan, It was
found in pharaonic times as Syut Later, then the Greeks renamed it Lycopolis which means 'city
of the wolf'.
This was due to the
importance of the Jackal gods Wepwawet the Jackal God of Abydos; it is also
famous of many Christian old monasteries for some pilgrim trips in the famous
one is the monastery of St. Mary (DEIR DRONKA) also El Mohrak monastry. Now it
one of the modern cities with it is university also many international &
local investors came & started to discover it is treasures after the
development of it is Infra structure.