Culture or time period
- Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe)1,567 objects
- Paleolithic and Mesolithic1,364 objects
- Acheulean925 objects
- Mousterian864 objects
- Ancient Egyptian148 objects
- Classical Civilizations148 objects
- Egypt148 objects
- Dynastic Period, Egypt (ca. 3000–343 BC)130 objects
- Magosian79 objects
- Upper Acheulean77 objects
- Old Kingdom (2686–2160 BC)68 objects
- 6th Dynasty of Egypt (2345–2181 BC)64 objects
- 18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC)60 objects
- 19th Dynasty of Egypt (1295–1186 BC)60 objects
- New Kingdom of Egypt (1550–1069 BC)60 objects
- Ramessid Period (1295–1069 BC)60 objects
- Howieson's Poort56 objects
- Neolithic51 objects
- 2nd Dynasty of Egypt (2890–2686 BC)45 objects
- Early Dynastic Period of Egypt (ca. 3000–2686 BC)45 objects