Find the remains of Mona Lisa!

Italian archaeologists have found the skull and skeleton of a woman suspected to be the woman in Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece Mona Lisa.

The excavation team said they found the tomb containing the remains after two weeks of searching at an abandoned monastery in Florence. The tomb is buried about 1.5m deep beneath the monastery floor. The tomb is said to belong to Lisa Gherardini Del Giocondo, the wife of a merchant who lived in the same time as Leonado da Vinci.

The skull was found inside the tomb in the monastery.

For a long time, many scholars around the world have tried to decipher a woman model in the famous picture of Mona Lisa. Many controversies have erupted with many different theories but so far no hypothesis has reliable evidence. But most experts believe that Lisa is the model for da Vinci to paint this painting.

Ribs and spine are found inside the tomb.

Excavation of the grave is believed to belong to Lisa who will provide basic scientists with reference to the hypothesis. They found the intact skull, ribs and spine inside the tomb.

Lisa became a nun and lived in this monastery until she died after her husband died.

Scientists will compare DNA in this skeleton with Lisa's DNA to prove that it is indeed her remains. Then, from the skull, they will recreate the image of the woman who died 5 centuries ago to compare with the character with a mysterious smile in the picture.

Archaeologists excavated the tomb for 500 years to decipher the mysterious picture.

Lisa Gheradini, who died on July 15, 1542 at this monastery, was the wife of a wealthy merchant merchant named Francesco del Giocondo. She became a nun after her husband died. In Italy, the Mona Lisa is also known as La Gioconda.

Da Vinci's Mona Lisa masterpiece

She married in 1495 when she was 16 and her husband was 35 years old. In theory, da Vinci painted the picture to celebrate her pregnancy. da Vinci began drawing Mona Lisa in 1503 or 1504 and completed it in 1519, just before his death and after he moved to France.