Yet another happy Egyptian family from nearly 4500 years ago!

What can a nearly 4,500-year-old statue tell us that ancient texts cannot?

In this short video, we explore a remarkable sculpture from ancient Egypt — dating back to the Old Kingdom period, around 2500 BCE — on display at the Shanghai Museum’s special Egyptian exhibition.

This beautifully preserved piece features Ak and Hetepherneferet, an ancient couple portrayed alongside their children. Carved in stone and preserved through millennia, sculptures like this give us a direct visual window into a world long gone.
🪔 They show us how people looked, how they dressed, how they sat, what mattered to them — not as described in words, but as seen by their own contemporaries.

While ancient writings often focus on kings, gods, and conquests, statues like this one tell the story of everyday life:
• The bond between family members
• The style of hair, posture, and clothing
• The desire to be remembered together, forever!

These artworks are more than objects — they are time machines. Every carved line, every gesture captured in stone, carries real human emotion across the centuries.


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