Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci predicted that the world would end in 4006, a Vatican researcher had claimed. Sabrina Sforza Galitzia said Da Vinci foresaw the end of the world in a universal flood which would begin on March 21, 4006 and end on November 1, 4006. " He thought that this would mark a new start for humanity", she said. The Vatican researcher came to the conclusion by deciphering the clues which are available in da Vinci's Last Supper mural - the lunette above his painting of Jesus Christ with his disciples before crucifixion. " There is a da Vinci code - it is just not the one made popular by Dan Brown", Galitzia said.