Italian archaeologists trying to solve the mystery behind the identity of one of the world's most famous models said Wednesday that they had found shards of bone which could have belonged to Mona Lisa.

Italian archaeologists trying to solve the mystery behind the identity of one of the world's most famous models said Wednesday that they had found shards of bone which could have belonged to Mona Lisa.

Italian archaeologists trying to solve the mystery behind the identity of one of the world's most famous models said Wednesday that they had found shards of bone which could have belonged to Mona Lisa. (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece the Mona Lisa returns to its usual spot in Paris Louvre Museum following a two month renovation that changed the walls to a deep blue color allowing the pieces to stand out (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

HEADLINE: Italian researcher: symbols found in 'Mona Lisa'

CAPTION: Forget her smile. An Italian researcher says the key to solving the enigmas of "Mona Lisa"' lies in her eyes. (Jan
. 12)
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Italian archaeologists close in on real 'Mona Lisa'

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Archaeologists on Tuesday unearthed a skeleton in a rare state of preservation in Florence in what they believe may be a crucial step towards unravelling the mystery of the identity of the woman with the most enigmatic smile in the...

The Mona Lisa is conspicuously absent from the Louvre's retrospective of Leonardo da Vinci but the world famous Florentine makes up for it by holding court in a virtual reality experience (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

It's been months since I've been to a museum and today I'm at the Louvre, in front of the Mona Lisa, it's absolutely brilliant," Vincent enthused. Visitors are delighted to return to the museum after six months of closure (Footage by...

A 16th century copy of Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa is currently on display in Brussels and will be auctioned in Paris next November (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

1. Wide shot of paintings showing several Bolivian artiststs' interpretations of Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa"

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pture
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4. Set up shot of the...

An interview with Lord Brownlow - owner of yet another possible "original" Mona Lisa.

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House
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Film: Pos - Sound: OPT SOF -...

CLEAN : Stamp sells for record $9.5 million in New York

Un vestido de novia dentro de un frasco de pepinillos es la Mona Lisa en un museo de Los Angeles que colecciona objetos de relaciones que se acabaron

A work missing for decades which has been referred to as the African Mona Lisa is going to auction on Wednesday after being rediscovered in a north London home

CLEAN : Japanese PM Abe visits Louvre museum in Paris

About 200 guides, wearing masks with crosses taped on them and holding copies of the Mona Lisa, hold a socially distanced "flash mob" outside the Louvre Museum as it reopens to the public for the first time in three months (Footage by...