: Re: About using authentic historical name for teenager material I am writing a (short) story set in Ancient Egypt, and the intended audience are junior high-senior high school students in the US.

There is probably no reason why you can't aim for both authenticity and easy to pronounce. The example you gave is not actually difficult. It has recognizable characters, and reads well. The issue arises when you have strange accented characters, names that have no vowels, strange character combinations, and so on. In these cases, any reader stops dead in their tracks. Example: Xkff'tppz. Useless name. Also, don't underestimate your audience. They can speak English, so Amen-ho-tep shouldn't provide any difficult challenge to your audience. You could also consider shortened versions to make it easier e.g. Amen.

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