Scientists Claim Find Tomb of Monalisa

The team led by Professor Silvano Vinci found two graves in the Monastery of Santa Ursula.Women who become models of the Mona Lisa is still a mystery. However, some scientists claimed to have found a resting place that women with a charming smile.

Excerpted from the pages of The Telegraph, is Professor Silvano Vinceti who led the hunt for the tomb of Lisa Gherardini Del Giocondo, a woman who is widely believed as the mysterious woman behind the 500-year-old painting, the Mona Lisa.

The team then found a tomb in the basement of the Monastery of Santa Ursula in Florence after searching for two weeks by using georadar, ancient maps, and a number of documents. Silvano said his team found two tombs, where the one older than the others. "We believe, one of which is the tomb of Lisa Gherardini," said Silvano.

But, this team still had to work a few more days to actually reach the tomb and examine the bones in it. So far, the new leadership team found a number of pottery and old bones. However, the findings of the most sought after in the underground monastery that has been neglected it.

Also involved in this excavation, Gucciardini Natalia Strozzi, one of the descendants Gherardini. At first, he opposed all-out this excavation that their ancestors could rest in peace. However, now he supports what teams do Silvano.

"Originally, this excavation scary, but now I'm fascinated. It is interesting to know this is the resting place of my ancestors," he said.

Gheradini Lisa was the wife of a silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo. Lisa later died in 1542. In Italy alone, the Mona Lisa is also known by the name of '"La Gioconda".

The purpose of this excavation is to find the bodies of 'Mona Lisa' and then compare its DNA with the two children are buried in the Church of Santissima Annunziata, Florence. The final stage, to reconstruct the face of the body to then compared with the Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci.

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