Schliemann - Excavating Troy, 1872

Schliemann used a large team of people on his dig at the Hisarlik Mound in modern-day Turkey.  He typically had 150 workers who helped in various ways.  This is a scene from that dig. 

Credits

Photo of Schliemann's team, at work in Troy during 1872, from "Beilage 13" in Dorpfeld, W. 1902: "Troja und Ilion." Athens: Beck & Barth.  Placed online, courtesy Archaeography.com.