See also:

• ASSIUT, or SLUT

ASSIUT, or SLUT  , See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of a See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Upper See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt of the same name, and the largest and best-built See also:

• TOWN

town in the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile Valley See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• CAIRO
• CAIRO (Arabic Misr-al-Kahira, or simply Misr)

Cairo, from which it is distant 248 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail . The See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose from 32,000 in 1882 to 42,000 in 1900 . See also:

• ASSIUT, or SLUT

Assiut stands near the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• BANK

bank of the Nile across which, just below the town, is a barrage, completed in 1902, consisting of an open See also:

• WEIR (from O. Eng. wer, a dam; cognate with werian, to defend, guard; cf. Ger. Wehr, defence)
• WEIR, ROBERT WALTER (1803-1889)

weir, 2733 ft. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, and over zoo bays or sluices, each r6z ft. wide, which can be opened or closed at will . At the western end of the barrage begins the Ibrahimia See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal, the feeder of the See also:

• BAHR

Bahr Yusuf, the largest See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation canal of Egypt . The Ibrahimia canal is skirted by a magnificent See also:

• EMBANKMENT

embankment planted with shady trees leading from the See also:

• RIVER

river to the town . There are several bazaars, See also:

• BATHS

baths and handsome mosques, one noted for its lofty See also:

• MINARET (from the Arabic mandrat ; manar or miner is Arabic for a lighthouse, a tower on which liar, fire, is lit)

minaret, and here the See also:

• AMERICAN

American Presbyterian See also:

• MISSION

mission has established a See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college for both sexes . Assiut is famous for its red and See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black pottery and for ornamental See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood and See also:

• IVORY (Fr. ivoire, Lat. ebur)
• IVORY, SIR JAMES (1765-1842)

ivory See also:

• WORK

work, which find a ready See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market all over Egypt . It is one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief centres of the See also:

• COPTS

Copts . Here also is the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• TERMINUS

terminus of the See also:

• CARAVAN (more correctly Karwan)

caravan route across the See also:

• DESERT

desert, which, passing through the See also:

• KHARGA (WAI1 EL-KHARGA, the outer oasis)

Kharga See also:

• OASIS (Gr. &toss, the name given by Herodotus to the fertile spots in the Libyan desert: it probably represents an Egyptian word, cf. Coptic ouahe, ouih, to dwell, from which the Egyptian Arabic sod is derived)

oasis, goes south-west to See also:

• DARFUR

Darfur . It is known as the Arbain, or See also:

• FORTY

forty days road, from the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time occupied on the See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey . Assiut (properly Asyut) is the successor of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Lycopolis (Eg . Sibout), capital of the 13th See also:

• NOME

nome of Upper Egypt .

Here were worshipped two canine gods (see See also:

• ANUBIS (in Egyptian Anap, written Inpw in hieroglyphs)

ANUBIS), Ophois (Wepwoi) being the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• GOD

god of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, while Anubis apparently presided over the See also:

• NECROPOLIS

necropolis . No ruins are visible, the mounds of the old city being for the most See also:

• PART

part hidden under See also:

• MODERN

modern buildings; but the slopes of the See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone hills behind it are pierced with an infinity of See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock-cut tombs, some of which were large and decorated with sculptures, paintings and long See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions . The archaeological See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission of the Description de l'Egyple visited them in 1999, when the walls of many of the large tombs were still almost intact; in the first See also:

• HALF

half of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century (and to some extent later) an immense amount of destruction was caused by See also:

• BLASTING

blasting for See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone . Three of the tombs illustrate one of the darkest periods in Egypt's See also:

• HISTORY

history, when the princes of Siut played a leading part in the struggle between Heracleopolis and See also:

• THEBES (anciently &Oat, Thebae, or in poetry sometimes Oif3a, in modern Greek Phiva, or, according to the corrected pronunciation, Thivae)
• THEBES (e 3a1)
• THEBES, ROMANCE OF

Thebes (Dyns . IX.-XI.); another, of the XIIth See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

Dynasty, contains a remarkable inscription detailing the contracts made by the nomarch with the priests of the temples of Ophois and Anubis for perpetual services at his See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb (see Breasted,' Ancient Records of Egypt, See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Documents, vol. i. pp . 199, 258) . Remains of the mummies of See also:

• DOGS, ISLE OF

dogs and similar animals sacred to these deities are scattered among the debris on the hillside in abundance . Lycopolis was the birthplace of See also:

• PLOTINUS (A.D. 204-270)

Plotinus, the founder of Neo-See also:

• PLATONISM

Platonism (A.D . 205-270) . From the 4th century onwards its grottoes were the dwellings of See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian hermits, amongst whom See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John of Lycopolis was the most celebrated . (F . Lt .