I have been to Egypt, and seen the artifacts up close. The craftmanship in ancient Egyptian art greatly exceeds a lot of the crap being pushed out today. A great example is the Avenue of Sphinxs … over 1300 Sphinx statues, every few feet, on each side of the street, for 3 KM. Each statue is 10 feet tall. Even with millenia of weathering, there is still great detail in many of them.
Those were made for the pharaohs or dedicated to gods. The stuff I refer to are everyday items like combs, ointment jars, chairs, senet boards, sandals and such.