It’s not artificial.
Did they create the DNA, base pair by base pair? No.
Did they create the embryonic cell from lab chemicals? No.
They took pre-existing life and repurposed it.
They took pre-existing life and repurposed enslaved it.
Imagine if Eqypt's non-reformed revolutionary progressive overlords, or their contemporary mimics, could've bred a hive of their choosing...
http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/1320hist&civ/chapters/10AKHEN.htm#n105