[NittanyLion]

Another researcher, Da Vinci expert Carlo Pedretti, praised Pallanti for the discovery and urged a search at the site for Lisa Gherardini's remains. "Thanks to modern techniques, scientists can determine her physical aspect, maybe even her face and thereby make an important contribution" to establishing her identity, he told the ANSA news agency.

What possible contribution could that make? We already have the picture.

[randog]

What possible contribution could that make?

Don't get between a scientist and his grant--it's not pretty.

[SpringheelJack]

What possible contribution could that make? We already have the picture.

I think a lot of people just like digging up dead bodies. It's pretty pathetic how thin the pretexts were for exhuming Zachary Taylor and Jesse James, for example.