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Asyut · Alexandria

Place · 3100 BCE

Asyut

Also known as

Asijút
Asioot
Asiut
Asiut
Asjut
Asjut

Image illustrating Asyut — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Asyutsee Wikimedia Commons

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