Thebes at WarKnown and loved throughout Egypt as a work that celebrates the national character, Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouzs Thebes at War tells of a high point in Egyptian historyancient Egypts defeat of Asiatic foreigners who had dominated northern Egypt for two hundred years. With a visit from a court official and a provocative insult, the southern pharaohs long simmering resentment boils over, leading him to commit himself and his heirs to an epic struggle