EGYPT AND THE GOLDEN RATIO SPIRAL; THE CITY IN THE MIDDLE IS ASYUT, THE NAME OF THE CITY IS DERIVED FROM EARLY EGYPTIAN ZAWTY (Z3JW.TJ) (LATE EGYPTIAN, SƏYÁWT) ADOPTED INTO THE COPTIC AS SYOWT ⲤⲒⲞⲞⲨⲦ, WHICH MEANS "GUARDIAN" OF THE NORTHERN APPROACH OF UPPER EGYPT. IN GRAECO-ROMAN EGYPT, IT WAS CALLED LYCOPOLIS OR LYKOPOLIS (GREEK: ΛΥΚΌΠΟΛΙΣ, "Ἡ ΛΎΚΩΝ ΠΌΛΙΣ"), ('WOLF CITY') LYCON, OR LYCO.
