| 1. | Rosetta Stone | Egypt | 196 BCE | Tri-lingual stele that unlocked the secrets of hieroglyphics |
| 2. | Dead Sea Scrolls | Israel | Between 150 BCE and 70 CE | Included vital religious text and provided insight into the ancient Jewish community |
| 3. | Epic of Gilgamesh | Mesopotamia | Around 2100 BCE | One of the oldest known pieces of literature |
| 4. | Code of Hammurabi | Babylon | Around 1754 BCE | Oldest decoded written legal system |
| 5. | The Elgin Marbles (Parthenon Marbles) | Greece | Around 447–438 BCE | Represents a significant part of ancient Greek’s artistic achievements |
| 6. | Behistun Inscription | Iran | Around 500 BCE | Crucial for deciphering cuneiform, the script used during the Achaemenid Empire |
| 7. | The Nabonidus Chronicle | Babylon | Around 556–539 BCE | Historical text providing a timeline of the last neo-Babylonian king |
| 8. | Antikythera Mechanism | Greece | Around 1st–2nd century BCE | Earliest discovered analog computing device |
| 9. | Book of Kells | Ireland | Around 800 AD | Illuminated manuscript of the four Gospels in the Bible |
| 10. | The Maya Codices | Maya | Around 1250-1550 AD | Few remaining documents from the Maya |
