Culture or time period
- Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe)321 objects
- Classical Civilizations320 objects
- Egypt210 objects
- Ancient Egyptian197 objects
- Dynastic Period, Egypt (ca. 3000–343 BC)189 objects
- New Kingdom of Egypt (1550–1069 BC)129 objects
- Ramessid Period (1295–1069 BC)124 objects
- 19th Dynasty of Egypt (1295–1186 BC)97 objects
- Classical Rome92 objects
- Roman Empire (27 BC–395 AD)92 objects
- 18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC)87 objects
- African cultures68 objects
- Bantu54 objects
- Bantu (Zone A)54 objects
- Fang54 objects
- 20th Dynasty of Egypt (1186–1069 BC)53 objects
- 21st Dynasty of Egypt (1069–945 BC)42 objects
- Third Intermediate Period (1069–664 BC)42 objects
- Ancient Greece39 objects
- Ancient Greek chronology39 objects