The dead were buried with little Barbie sized statues called "shabti". The duty of the shabti were to do your labors for you in the afterlife. Poor people might

The dead were buried with little Barbie sized statues called "shabti". The duty of the shabti were to do your labors for you in the afterlife. Poor people might be buried with one. Wealthy people would have at least one per day of the year. Shabti are so common that they are the only actual artifacts you can export from Egypt without special permission/licenses. Most are going to be fakes or replicas. Some can be rather dull looking. The ones made out of faience tend to be fabulous.