Geologist discovers where Mona Lisa was painted

For more than 500 years, Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has generated a lot of questions. What’s she smiling about, for one. There’s also the question of what’s going on behind her — where is that? Well, geologist and art historian Ann Pizzorusso thinks she’s finally solved a mystery of one of the world’s most-famous paintings.

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