The ancient city of Syut was a center of worship for Anubis and Wapwawet.  Syut was later renamed Lycopolis – City of the Wolf - by the Greeks for its importance to the two “wolf-headed" gods.  Today the city of Asyut is an important agricultural center for cotton and grains, but the tombs of its ancient necropolis tell of its significance as a center of Anubis – god of the dead and guardian of the necropoli.