The world famous painting "Mona Lisa" once more finds itself at the middle of a Da Vinci mystery, though this time the mystery is in the world of reality instead of fiction. By exploring the painting up close through extremely powerful magnifying glasses, Italian scientists have thus identified that the dark parts of the eyes of the Mona Lisa have added secrets to tell: a series of letters and numbers the meaning of which is still vague.

While it seems like a find strait out of the pages of Dan Browns Da Vinci mystery, in which the painting includes clues that lead to a quest for the Holy Grail, the new discovery is very real. The discovery was reached by Silvano Vinceti, the head of the Italian committee for Cultural inheritage, who said to the Daily Mail of Britain that the letters and numbers are so seemingly insignificant that they actually can't be seen with the naked eye. Only through the use of powerful magnifying equipment can the numbers and letters be seen, but then they can in fact be seen quite clearly, though the exact letters can nevertheless be hard to see.

So far, it has been undoubtedly established that the right pupil incorporates the letters LV, which could possibly be short for Leonardo da Vinci. The symbols in the left eyes are not as focused and no consensus on the precise letters has yet been stipulated. It is however agreed that it may either be CE or CB. It has been speculated that these may be the initials of the female in the painting. While it has been widely speculated that the Mona Lisa is in truth a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo, it has never been 100 pct decidedly established. As such, the initials could potentially point towards a seperate subject in this portrait.

The arch of the bridge in the background furthermore contains the writing 72 or L2.

As also suggested by Silvano Vincenti, it should be kept in mind that the painting is practically 500 years old. As such, the numbers and letters are not as clearly readable as after they had been painted. However, there is absolutely no doubt that they were put there on purpose by Da Vinci.

The initiative for the current detail appraisal of the Mona Lisa opened when another member of the Italian Commission for Cultural Inheritance found a book in an old book store talking about the use of symbols in the eyes of the Mona Lisa. It is well known that Da Vinci himself put exceptional importance in the Mona Lisa and brought it with him everywhere. It is also well known that Da Vinci used symbols to communicate messages. The exact meaning of the newly identified symbols in the eyes of the Mona Lisa has not yet been firmly established. Rest assured however, that scientists will be emerging themselves in this most recent Da Vinci riddle and debate its meaning for years to come.