talian archaeologists hunt for Mona Lisa model

Archaeologists on Wednesday began digging for the remains of a 16th-century woman believed to be the model for Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa in a bid to unlock an art world mystery.

The team of historians say they will try to find the remains using geo-radar equipment and then try to re-create a likeness of what the woman, Lisa Gherardini, would have looked like to compare her to the painting.

Romano said the team's radar had shown there could be burials dating back to Gherardini's time as little as two metres (6.5 feet) below the surface in what had been part of a cloister of the Sant'Orsola convent....