The Confusion of Tongues, (Tower of Babel). The people, distraught in front of the Tower of Babel, as God confuses human language and scatters them. 'Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.' (Genesis 11:7-9, King James version).  Drawn by Gustave Doré, French artist, b January 6, 1832 – January 23, 1883. Engraver unsure.  (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)