Well, the tomb of what is believed to be Lisa Gherardini, model for da Vinci's Mona Lisa is about to be opened and the remains DNA tested with current family members to determine her identity once and for all.
For the latest news on the tomb opening:
Yahoo News: http://au.news.yahoo.com/entertainment/a/-/entertainment/18441992/hunt-for-mona-lisa-model-leads-to-florence/
Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/09/mona-lisa-skeleton_n_3732301.html
The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/researchers-open-florence-tomb-in-search-for-identity-of-the-real-mona-lisa-8755463.html
And Science World: http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/8736/20130809/archaeologists-track-down-real-mona-lisa-dna-evidence.htm
The Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/10234131/Family-tomb-opened-in-Florence-in-a-bid-to-identify-Mona-Lisa.html
EuroNews: http://www.euronews.com/2013/08/09/archaeologists-unearth-suspected-family-tomb-of-mona-lisa/
This is fantastic!
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