Last month, we reported that Nicolas Cage Members of Italy's
National Committee for Cultural Heritage had found letters and
numbers in the Mona Lisa's eyes, which could only be seen by
magnifying high resolution images of the painting. Now, Italian
researcher Silvan Vinceti says he's found a letter "S" in Mona
Lisa's left eye, and an "L" in her right eye. He also says he's
found a number "72" under the "arched bridge in the backdrop" of
the painting. According to Vinceti, the symbols he found are
"very small, painted with a tiny brush and subjected to the wear
and tear of time." So what do these symbols mean? Vinceti
believes the "S" could refer to the woman who ruled Milan during
the Sforza dynasty, where Leonardo da Vinci spent time between
1482-1499 and 1506-1507. As far as the "L" is concerned, Vinceti
says it stands for "Leonardo." With regards to "72," Vinceti
claims it's a pertinent symbol from Kabbalah and Christianity.
He says the "7" has lots of symbolic associations such as
creation of the world, a