A researcher has uncovered evidence that apparently confirms the identity of the woman behind the Mona Lisa's iconic smile, Germany's University of Heidelberg says. She is Lisa del Giocondo, wife of ...

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ROME (AP) — Italian researchers said Tuesday they will dig up bones in a Florence convent to try and identify the remains of a Renaissance woman long believed to be the model for the Mona Lisa. If ...

ROME (AFP) — Italian researchers who specialise in resolving art mysteries said Wednesday they have discovered the disputed identity of the model for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa -- and claimed he ...

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ROME — It may be that the world's most famously enigmatic woman has shed some of her mystery. An amateur historian believes he has found the final resting place of the Florentine Renaissance woman who ...

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FLORENCE, Italy — Scientific testing of bone fragments from a Florence church grave could not determine whether they are from the body of a Renaissance-era woman some believe was the model for ...