The candid snapshots—the images of local workers—reveal an important attitude within the expedition. While the focus was on the kings and monuments, von Busse chose to visually acknowledge the physical effort that underpinned the discovery. These photos, taken with an observational attitude, show the secure integration of local knowledge and labor into the scientific process, a critical, often-unseen aspect of archaeological work that transformed the ancient stones from silent ruins into a contemporary, active worksite requiring significant human power.
