The Week contest: Mona Lisa - January 14, 2011

Italian art experts have found mysterious letters and numbers inscribed in the Mona Lisa’s eyes. What might the code turn out to say?

It was once the smile that was most mysterious about Mona Lisa, but now it might be her eyes.
(Image credit: CC BY: Joaquin Martinez)

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