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From 1634 he taught mathematics, physics and Oriental languages at the Collegio Romano in Rome, where he built a cabinet of curiosities that became the Kircherian Museum. His geological work included studies of volcanoes, and his Mundus subterraneus appeared in 1665. Many of his ideas proved wrong, notably his claimed decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs, but he correctly linked ancient Egyptian with Coptic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach print is made to our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/archival-museum-standards\"\u003eArchival Museum Standards\u003c\/a\u003e: a 12-ink giclée, printed to order. Unframed prints are made on Hahnemühle German Etching, a 310gsm matte fine-art paper. Framed prints arrive in a handmade solid-wood frame with low-reflection glazing, ready to hang. 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