Wednesday, February 15, 2023

How a Dead Girl in Paris Wound Up as the drowned Mona Lisa With The Most-Kissed Lips in All of History

What a story!

"... We know nothing about her age or background or how her life brought her to Paris and left her drowned in the River Seine.
But when her lifeless body was pulled from those murky waters in the late 19th century, the girl known forevermore as L'Inconnue de la Seine (The Unknown Woman of the Seine) began an amazing new story in death. ...
After she was pulled out of the Seine, she was transported to the Paris mortuary and put on public display alongside the bodies of other unknown dead for the purpose of identification.
This grisly parade of nameless corpses was a popular diversion in its day. ...
The mesmerizing mask of this unknown dead girl – described by philosopher and author Albert Camus as the "drowned Mona Lisa" – became a coveted cultural icon. ..."

"The face of the unknown woman was used for the head of the first aid mannequin Resusci Anne. It was created by Peter Safar and Asmund Laerdal in 1958 and was used starting in 1960 in numerous CPR courses. For this reason, the face has been called "the most kissed face" of all time." (Wikipedia)

How a Dead Girl in Paris Wound Up With The Most-Kissed Lips in All of History : ScienceAlert






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