The elegant edition is part of the "Director's Choice" series of the English publishing house Scala in collaboration with the Benaki Museum. In keeping with the spirit of the series, the volume attempts to give a representative picture of the wealth of the Benaki Museum, whose world extends from the early Bronze Age to the late twentieth century. The scientific director of the institution, George Manginis, often "in conversation" with scholars working at the Museum, recommends thirty-eight objects, based not only on the value of the objects and the representation of the Collections or Departments of the Museum, but also on the promotion of contacts and interaction between world cultures.