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Asyuth or Asyut (Arabic: أسيوط) is a city located in the governorate of Asyuth, Egypt.

The city is located 375 kilometers south of Cairo, and in the Early Between Age, the city was named Zawty. Asyuth is the 13th capital of Upper Egypt.

Although Asyuth is famous of ancient Egyptian sources, the remains of Ancient Egypt remained in the Asyuth cemetery, located in modern western Asyuth. Most of the cemeteries found here come from Dynasties IX, X, and XII. The writing contained in the cemetery provides important information on the conflict between the Herakleopolis IX and X and the XI Thebes dynasties.

In the Greco-Roman period, the city was named Lycopolis.