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Also known as Hypselis

Hypselis or Hypsela (; ), known to the ancient Egyptians as Shashotep, is an ancient Egyptian city and Roman bishopric, which was located near the modern town of Shutb (or ash-Shatb, Chutb) in the Asyut Governorate.

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Locality
أسيوط الجديدة
Region
أسيوط
Country
مصر
Population
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Egypt
Time zone
UTC+02:00
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Shashotep

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Hypselis or Hypsela (; ), known to the ancient Egyptians as Shashotep, is an ancient Egyptian city and Roman bishopric, which was located near the modern town of Shutb (or ash-Shatb, Chutb) in the Asyut Governorate.

== History == ===Antiquity===

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shashotep” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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