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August 13, 2013 04:51 am GMT
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DNA Tests Could Reveal True Mona Lisa
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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