- Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe)2,696 objects
- Classical Civilizations2,687 objects
- Egypt2,664 objects
- Ancient Egyptian2,577 objects
- Dynastic Period, Egypt (ca. 3000–343 BC)1,422 objects
- Predynastic Period, Egypt (ca. 5300–3000 BC)1,155 objects
- Middle to Late Predynastic Period, Egypt (4000–3000 BC)1,146 objects
- New World (the Americas and Oceania)1,059 objects
- South America1,050 objects
- Peruvian sequence1,012 objects
- Old Kingdom (2686–2160 BC)739 objects
- Naqada III/'Dynasty 0' (ca. 3200–3000 BC)683 objects
- New Kingdom of Egypt (1550–1069 BC)503 objects
- Chimú sequence500 objects
- Northern Peruvian coast500 objects
- Ramessid Period (1295–1069 BC)500 objects
- 19th Dynasty of Egypt (1295–1186 BC)478 objects
- Early Dynastic Period of Egypt (ca. 3000–2686 BC)478 objects
- 18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC)477 objects
- Early Chimú (Moche Civilization) (ca. 100 BC–700 AD)475 objects