Archaeologists digging for the remains of the real-life Mona Lisa have found a female skeleton, but they say it doesn't belong to the mysterious Florentine noblewoman, according to news reports. The ...

Most historians believe Lisa del Giocondo sat for da Vinci. She became a nun after her husband's death, and was buried beneath the convent in Florence. Last year, archeologists found a female-sized ...

The Mona Lisa has been the subject of awe and fascination for centuries, with experts from around the world desperate to solve the mystery behind her iconic, enigmatic smile. Now, thanks to X-ray ...

Mona Lisa may be smiling over this. A geologist and Renaissance art historian is claiming to have solved the centuries-old debate on the location of the Italian landscape behind Leonardo da Vinci’s ...

The hunt for Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo, the inspiration for Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa," has brought archaeologists to a basement of a Tuscan convent, where they hope to find a human skull that ...