Tomb of Amenhotep, excavated artifact, Yuni and His Wife Renenutet, front view

Asyut, Egypt; 2 ft. 9 17/64 in.x 1 ft. 9 29/64 in.x 2 ft. 4 47/64 in.; painted limestone

Tomb of Amenhotep, excavated artifact, Yuni and His Wife Renenutet, rear view, two scenes illustrating the ancient Egyptian ideal of affection and remembrance among family generations

Asyut, Egypt; painted limestone

Statue of Kedamun and His Family

Sculpture, Egyptian, New Kingdom; 11 13/16 in.x 7 9/32 in.x 8 5/64 in.; painted limestone

Basin of Sultan Qaytbay

Metalwork, Islamic, Mamluk; 5 in.x 1 ft. 2 31/64 in.; brass, inlaid with silver

Face of Senwosret III

Sculpture, Egyptian, Middle Kingdom; 6 1/2 in.x 4 61/64 in.x 4 31/64 in.; red quartzite

Tomb Chapel of Nebamun, interior, #10, Nebamun hunting in the Marches

Thebes (deserted settlement), Egypt; 2 ft. 8 43/64 in. x 3 ft. 2 37/64 in.; pigment on plaster

The Triumph of Death: living pushed into a trap

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; tempera and oil on panel

The Tower of Babel: detail

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on oak

The Tower of Babel

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; 3 ft. 8 7/8 in. x 5 ft. 1 1/32 in.; oil on oak

The Tower of Babel: tower and city

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on oak

The Tower of Babel: construction

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on oak

The Tower of Babel: King among the stonecutters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on oak

Netherlandish Proverbs: detail of center

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on oak

The Fall of Icarus: figures in the center

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on canvas, mounted on wood

The Fall of Icarus: the fall

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on canvas, mounted on wood