[Charles Martel]

The craftsmanship throughout the exhibit is without equal and truly fitting for a king

The preservation of those items by the desert climate is equally astonishing. Things like child-sized royal furniture and tiny puzzle-like toys; still bright and without a trace of rot or corrosion. It's hard to believe that what you're looking at is thousands of years old.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The Brooklyn Museum has one the best Egyptology collections in the country but was bypassed in favor the Metropolitan because of the latter's more favorable location. The Metropolitan was the recipient of a more or less permanent loan of a large collection of artifacts from the Egyptian government and bagged the Tut exhibit as well. The Brooklyn Museum is still well worth a visit any time. It's artifacts (which include early Coptic Christian pieces) are as you described them, showing almost no wear and exhibiting a very high level of workmanship.