What REALLY happened at the dawn of that amazing civilization? Nobody REALLY knows. So you (a historical fiction writer) think you can just fabricate the stuff. Not quite. There are plenty of people (I am excluding professional historians and archaeologists here) who do know. You have to do your research; and that’s when the trouble starts. Time-lines especially become a blur of contradictions and "facts" are constantly superseded by new findings. Take Dynasties 00 to 03, for example. … [Read more...] about Doing Research—The Minefield of Writing Ancient Egyptian Fiction – Guest Post by Inge H. Borg