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Q&A How do you come up with a fictional character name in a historical era/region?

My first thought would be to try to find any written records or any studies done of the time period in question. There are tombs with hieroglyphics. How much has been translated? Are there any comm...

posted 13y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T01:41:14Z (over 4 years ago)
My first thought would be to try to find any written records or any studies done of the time period in question. There are tombs with hieroglyphics. How much has been translated? Are there any common names among those records?

From there I would look for academics, librarians, museum staff, and archaeologists who study the time period and actually contact them, and ask _them_ this question.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-06-11T11:45:31Z (almost 13 years ago)
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