Culture or time period
- Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe)1,644 objects
- Paleolithic and Mesolithic1,481 objects
- Acheulean952 objects
- Mousterian866 objects
- Magosian114 objects
- Ancient Egyptian107 objects
- Classical Civilizations107 objects
- Egypt107 objects
- Howieson's Poort106 objects
- Dynastic Period, Egypt (ca. 3000–343 BC)97 objects
- Upper Acheulean74 objects
- 18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC)62 objects
- 19th Dynasty of Egypt (1295–1186 BC)62 objects
- New Kingdom of Egypt (1550–1069 BC)62 objects
- Ramessid Period (1295–1069 BC)62 objects
- Neolithic52 objects
- 6th Dynasty of Egypt (2345–2181 BC)35 objects
- Old Kingdom (2686–2160 BC)35 objects
- Early Horizon, ancient Peru (ca. 860–200 BC)29 objects
- Formative Period, ancient Peru (ca. 1800–200 BC)29 objects