to buy the collection and display it at the Louvre, which they did in 1826 for a total of £10,000. Salt would spend the rest of his life putting together a third collection which featured his antiquities acquired from 1825 to his death in 1827. This collection was sold years after his death when an agent of his sold it to the British Museum for over £7000. Notable artifacts Head of Ramses II (Young Memnon) Sarcophagus of Seti I Head and arm of Thothmes III Mummy of Hornedjitef Sarcophagus of Ramesses III Head and supporting Left Arm of Amenhotep III Head and upper torso of monumental limestone statue of Amenhotep III wearing nemes. Granodiorite seated statue of Amenhotep III. Granodiorite statue of Amenhotep III. The statue has been restored. In popular culture Salt was portrayed by Robert Portal in the 2005 BBC docudrama Egypt. Gallery General references Philosophy of Science Portal An excellent account of Salt and his trials and tribulations collecting antiquities in Egypt is in Maya Jasanoff, Edge of Empire: Conquest and Collecting in the East, 1750-1850, Knopf, 2005 Citations External links 1780 births 1827 deaths 19th-century British archaeologists British consuls-general in Egypt English Egyptologists 18th-century English painters English male painters 19th-century English painters Fellows of the Royal Society People from Lichfield English male non-fiction writers 19th-century English male artists 18th-century English male artists Abu Simbel