Da Vinci's Mom May have been Middle Eastern

Submitted by Ursula on Thu, 2006/11/09 - 17:20. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | 1501 CE to 1600 CE | Discovery Channel | Fine Arts | Italian | Middle Eastern

Analysis of a fingerprint left by Leonardo Da Vinci suggests the prototypical Renaissance man may have been the son of a Middle East-born slave woman.

The project to reconstruct the fingerprint began in 2002. The complete fingerprint has characteristics in common with Arab populations. Traditionally, Leonardo's mother was thought to be a local peasant.

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