Digging up Leonardo da Vinci’s bones
From telegraph.co.uk:
Scientists hope to exhume the remains of Leonardo da Vinci so they can reconstruct his face to discover whether the Mona Lisa is a disguised self-portrait.
Scientists and historians from Italy’s National Committee for Cultural Heritage have sought permission to open the artist’s tomb at Amboise Castle in the Loire valley.
While the identity of the Mona Lisa has been debated for centuries, some scholars have suggested that da Vinci may have painted himself as a woman in the masterpiece due to his love of riddles.
Filed under: Archaeology, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on January 26th, 2010
And so they’re going to dig him up for that? Let him rest in peace I say!
Linda, I thought the same thing when I read the article.