In 1994, more than half a century after it was abandoned, the reconstruction project began. A team of marbleworkers from the island of Paros with experience of working on a similar project on the south side of Pendeli were called in. They had to unearth the unused paths, train tracks and other details of everyday working life in Aloula and then decide how to reconstruct and show them. They started by constructing a staircase to connect various functional areas of the quarry, such as the tool construction area, the sheer cliff, living quarters and the transportation area. Despite their experience, much of what we see today is more the product of modern decisions for the museum than any sort of archaeological research. They worked particularly hard at reconstructing the house of Aloula himself and were rewarded by finding a large number of rare old quarrying tools in the shed next to it.