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The mysterious face of the Mona Lisa may be lying under a few feet of cement in a decrepit convent in Florence, Italy. Researchers are currently searching for the bones of what might turn out to be Lisa Gherardini Del Giocondo, the woman many art historians believe to be the inspiration of the iconic Mona Lisa painting.  If they can uncover the bones, scientists will test the genetic material of the bones and compare it to DNA from Gherardini's children, which would prove the bones found at the convent were actually hers.  Click here to read more in Science at MSNBC.