Asyut - Rock Tombs

From the square in front of the railroad station Sharia el-Mahatta (Station Road) runs west past the old town and then bears southwest, crosses the Sohagiya Canal and con tinues to the foot of the desert hills, on the slopes of which are the rock tombs of ancient Asyut. A track zigzags steeply uphill to the large Tomb of Hapidjefa / (12th Dynasty), Prince of the nome in the reign of Sesostris I. The tomb is of a size previously found only in royal burials.