Have archeologists located Mona Lisa's skeleton?
Archaeologists in Florence, Italy, might have found the remains of the world's most famous artistic subject. 聽
罢丑别听滨迟补濒颈补苍 news agency ANSA reports that a team led by art historian聽Silvano Vincenti, head of the National Committee for the Enhancement of Historical, Cultural and Environmental Heritage, 聽in a former convent聽that could contain the skeleton of聽Lisa Gherardini, thought to be the subject of Leonardo Da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa.'
Vinceti says that, after the year 1500, only two women were buried at the medieval convent of St. Ursula:聽Mona Lisa Gherardini, in 1542, and another noblewoman, Maria del Riccio.
Gherardini is widely believed to have inspired the Da Vinci's iconic painting. The wife of wealthy merchant Francesco del Giocondo, she lived at the convent after her husband died, according to ANSA.
痴颈苍肠别迟颈听迟辞濒诲 the bones will be tested at the University of Bologna for DNA matches to the bones of Gherardini's two sons, who were buried in Florence鈥檚 Santissima Annunziata church
Discovery News reports that the project ultimately aims to of the women buried there, perhaps even recreating Mona Lisa's mysterious smile.
"I'm confident we're going to find something," Vinceti told ANSA.
