Books by John James Halls

This two-volume biography of the traveller and antiquary Henry Salt (1780-1827) was published in 1834. Volume 2 describes Salt's later career in Egypt, as a diplomat and especially as a pioneering archaeologist, as well as his negotiations over the future of his own spectacular collection of Egyptian artefacts.

This two-volume biography of the traveller and antiquary Henry Salt (1780-1827) was published in 1834. Volume 1 tells the story of Salt's early life and his career up to the famous removal of the colossal statue of Ramesses II ('Ozymandias') from Thebes to the British Museum in 1816.