Posted on 12/13/2010 1:37:48 PM PST by Nachum
It appears Mona Lisa, who has been captivating people for centuries, just got much more interesting. Art detectives have discovered that one of the worlds most famous paintings contains small letters and numbers put there intentionally by Leonardo Da Vinci:
Hidden in the dark paint of her pupils are tiny letters and numbers, placed there by the artist Leonardo da Vinci and revealed only now thanks to high-magnification techniques.
Experts say the barely distinguishable letters and numbers represent something of a real-life Da Vinci code.
The revelation could have come straight from the pages of Dan Browns best-seller The Da Vinci Code, in which the Mona Lisa is said to contain hidden clues about the Holy Grail.
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
That’s really weird, ‘cause I heard Mona Lisa’s middle name was Jenny!!
Was that a bit non-sequitery? My point was media makes such a big deal about Dan Brown’s flim-flam but when it comes to actual religious or theological news it’s not so interested.
When the Mona was stolen so the art forger could market several very very good copies, did the authorities get the original back ‘or memorex’?
ok
Or maybe she happened to be reading a hex dump on her CRT when he painted her.
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