- Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe)2,690 objects
- Classical Civilizations2,617 objects
- Egypt2,367 objects
- Ancient Egyptian2,361 objects
- Dynastic Period, Egypt (ca. 3000–343 BC)1,806 objects
- New Kingdom of Egypt (1550–1069 BC)1,704 objects
- 18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC)1,699 objects
- 19th Dynasty of Egypt (1295–1186 BC)1,699 objects
- Ramessid Period (1295–1069 BC)1,699 objects
- Predynastic Period, Egypt (ca. 5300–3000 BC)545 objects
- Middle to Late Predynastic Period, Egypt (4000–3000 BC)543 objects
- Naqada III/'Dynasty 0' (ca. 3200–3000 BC)323 objects
- Naqada III a-b/ Semainian (3200–3000 BC)275 objects
- American cultures268 objects
- North American cultures261 objects
- Ancient Greece246 objects
- North American historic cultures200 objects
- United States Historic200 objects
- Naqada III b184 objects
- Naqada II a-d/ Gerzean (ca. 3500–3200 BC)151 objects