Inside a Busy Archaeological Dig House

Inside a sand-colored dig house, workers carry a carved stone bust past a stove where a pot simmers on two burners. A monkey steals oranges from a bowl on a worktable scattered with broken pottery shards, while another table nearby holds more shards beside a water basin. A drafting table displays a floor plan under an oil lamp, and a man naps in a hammock slung across one room, a green snake coiled beneath him. Camera tripods, coiled rope, and a bowl of spilled marbles sit near a crate bristling with pickaxes, and a seagull perches on a post above the clutter. In the foreground, a bricklayer in a headscarf sets new bricks into a low wall while a dog trots past a scorpion and a discarded boot. Patterned rugs cover the floor throughout, marking out each room's own corner of the same dig.