Maybe Mona Lisa? Buried Skeleton Found

LiveScience ^ | 27 May 2011 | Stephanie Pappas

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Archaeologists searching for the remains of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa have uncovered a skeleton that may belong to the mysterious woman.

The skeleton was unearthed in a Florence convent where researchers are searching for the remains of Lisa Gherardini Del Giocondo, the women believed to be the model for da Vinci's famous painting. Based on an early look at the cranium and pelvis, the skeleton appears to be female, Bologna University anthropologist Giorgio Gruppioni told news agencies Friday (May 27).

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Karma sure can be fickle.

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Researchers use a geo-radar device to search underground tombs in a Florence convent, Italy, Wednesday, April 27, 2011.

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HAHAHA!

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[ElkGroveDan]

Nah... it’s just that all those Italians look alike.

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[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

If they HAVE to dig up somebody, why not Shakespeare? See if that curse works out.

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[packrat35]

"seem to remember several incidents in the Past where Native American remains ten thousand or so years old were discovered. Before the archaeologists could do any research Native American activists slapped an injunction on them and forced them to be reburied with “Natve American rites.”

Fixed it for you. Nothing to prove they were Indian bones. They just get to automatically claim ownership of all old bones in the US.

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[packrat35]

PC madness. Indians are special and we got to worship them or be punished.

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