He was world famous in the 17th century, the eccentric German Jesuit Father Athanasias Kircher. This homo universalis, or man who is versed in many disciplines, has published 40 books on subjects as diverse as Egyptian obelisks, volcanoes, magnetism, the Tower of Babel, and history…
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