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August 13, 2013 04:51 am GMT

DNA Tests Could Reveal True Mona Lisa

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Scientists hope to use DNA to identify the woman who inspired Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. It's widely believed that the wife of a silk merchant, Lisa Gherardini, was the model featured in the famous work

Researchers recently exhumed that they believe to be Gherardini's remains from a tomb in Florence.

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