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Scientists are to finding the remains of the model for Leonardo da Vinci's the Mona Lisa. Researchers have opened a centuries-old in Florence, Italy. They believe it contains the of da Vinci's muse Lisa Gioconda, the wife of a 16th-century . Silvano Vinceti, head of an Italian cultural organisation, plans to test the of the bones to find out if Ms Gioconda is the woman that famous, enigmatic smile. Mr Vinceti will then use a computer program to make a face from the and compare it to the painting.

Leonardo da Vinci's painting has both art and ordinary people. Vinceti said: "For centuries, the world over have been coming up with various about who this enigmatic, mysterious woman could have been." He asks: "Was Gioconda the for the Mona Lisa? Or was it some other model, …Or is it just…the painter's ?" Antonio Moretti, a , told euronews.com that the team is because there are many bones that were all in order. They also have a nameplate indicating they to the Gioconda family.

 
 

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