Ina Eichner, Surveying the late antique and medieval Christian remains in the necropolis of Asyut / Lycopolis. With a contribution by Thomas Beckh

在古代晚期和中世纪，Gebel阿苏特al-gharbi的超区域重要性的最重要因素可能是著名的禁欲主义者Lykopolis的John的存在，他在公元4世纪定居在三个最大的法老坟墓中，并在这里建造了他的隐居地。在他生前和死后，他的活动场所已经成为吸引来自古代世界各地朝圣者的景点。与此同时，其他安索利人也定居在山上，居住在更古老的法老墓中。废墟、涂鸦和日常物品的表面碎片，但也建成的结构和两个修道院的遗迹见证了这座山的密集寺院占领。这是第一次，这些晚期的古董和中世纪的基督教遗迹中的一些在表面调查的背景下进行考古学检查，并在这里展示。

Probably the most important factor for the supra-regional importance of the Gebel Asyut al-gharbi in late antiquity and the Middle Ages was the presence of the famous ascetic John of Lykopolis, who settled in the three largest Pharaonic tombs in the 4th century AD and built his hermitage here. Already during his lifetime, but also after his death, his place of activity had become an attraction for pilgrims from all regions of the ancient world. At the same time, other anchorites also settled on the mountain and inhabited older Pharaonic tombs. Inscriptions, graffiti and everyday objects in the surface debris, but also built structures and the remains of two monasteries bear witness to this intensive monastic occupation of the mountain. For the first time, some of these late antique and medieval Christian remains were archaeologically examined in the context of a surface survey and presented here.