Lycopolis (Delta)

Segin al-Kom is a historical village in the Gharbia Governorate of Egypt.
It was known as Lycopolis or Lykopolis in the Antiquity, an ancient town in the Sebennytic nome in Lower Egypt.

History

From its appellation, the city was apparently founded by a colony of Osirian priests from the town of Lycopolis in Upper Egypt.
The city is mentioned in the inscription on the Rosetta Stone. It was besieged by Ptolemy V during civil strife:

He went to the stronghold of Shekan fortified by the enemy with every device... he laid siege to the stronghold in question with a wall around its exterior on account of the enemies who were within it who had inflicted great wrong upon Egypt, having abandoned the path of duty to Pharaoh and duty gods.

The king "seized the stronghold in question by force in a short time" having cut off the water supply to the fortress and taken control of the irrigation canals.