1. «The Past of Objects» — unusual histories of everyday items we use without ever considering their centuries-old origins. 2. «Excavated!» — astonishing archaeological finds, the circumstances of their discovery, and revelations that offer a new perspective on the past. 3. «A Day in Antiquity» — the daily lives of people from different eras: what they ate, how they dressed, how they furnished their homes, cared for themselves, and spent their leisure time. 4. «Brilliant for Its Time» — ancient inventions and technologies that astound with their ingenuity and became the foundation for many modern solutions. 5. «Not Everything is Ancient» — traditions, customs, and ideas that seem modern but actually originated thousands of years ago.

To prepare publications, the media utilizes scientific, museum, and archival sources. These allow for the acquisition of reliable information regarding archaeological finds, the study of object histories, the location of photographs of museum exhibits, and the verification of historical facts.

1. The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Online Collection Over 534 thousand artworks and artifacts in the digital catalog. It includes Ancient Egyptian jewelry, ceramics, tools, household items, and writing implements. Open Access images are available for parts of the collection.2. British Museum — Collection Online A catalog of museum artifacts complete with descriptions, dates, provenance, and photographs. It is especially useful for studying Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome.3. Smithsonian Open Access Over 5.2 million digital objects from museum, library, and archival collections. Images and data can be downloaded.4. State Historical Museum — Electronic Catalog A Russian museum database featuring over 4.2 million exhibits. The archaeological department is particularly interesting, encompassing finds from the Stone Age through the Late Middle Ages.5. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts — Electronic Catalog Digital collections of Ancient Egypt, the Near East, and the ancient world. It is suitable for searching for items of decorative and applied arts, sculpture, jewelry, and ancient artifacts.

1. ARIADNE Portal International infrastructure for archaeological research. It contains millions of records on archaeological excavations, monuments, scientific publications, datasets, and individual artifacts. Materials can be searched by era, territory, and object type.2. RAS Institute of Archaeology — Electronic Library Scientific monographs, journals, collections, and research on archaeology. The library provides digitized editions, including older scholarly publications. It is particularly useful for verifying historical facts and studying archaeological finds.3. Perseus Digital Library Tufts University’s digital library. It contains ancient Greek and Latin texts, translations, reference materials, and visual sources. It helps in finding accounts from ancient authors regarding daily life, trade, crafts, and traditions.

1. Europeana A European digital platform for cultural heritage, aggregating materials from thousands of museums, libraries, and archives. Here you can search for archaeological artifacts, vintage photographs, manuscripts, maps, and documents.2. JSTOR An academic platform featuring scholarly journals, books, primary sources, and images. It is suitable for finding research articles and scholarly interpretations of historical phenomena. Some materials are available for free.3. Getty Vocabularies Authoritative reference guides for terminology in the fields of art, architecture, archaeology, and material culture. They help in correctly naming objects, materials, production techniques, styles, and historical periods.

Not all sources serve the same function. Therefore, I suggest organizing them by purpose:

History and Provenance of Artifacts — Museum Catalogs, ARIADNEDating and Archaeological Context — Museums, Russian Academy of Archaeology, Scholarly ArticlesHistorical Records — Perseus Digital Library, JSTORPhotographs and Images — The Met, Smithsonian, Europeana, Museum CatalogsTerminology and Classification — Getty Vocabularies