http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/12/25/face.jesus/index.html
According to CNN.com, Christians' beliefs of Jesus appearance to be agile, long-haired, light skinned and delicate description defers from today's modern science. Based on Israeli and British forensic anthropologist and computer programmer, the image above is as close as how Jesus would have looked like. Using the same scienctific forensic of famous faces including father of Alexander the Great and King Midas of Phrygia. This "new" appearance of Jesus Christ is based on the work of Richard Neave, retiree medical artist from University of Manchester in England. Producer of BBC documentary, Jean Claude Gragard, using archaeological and anatomical science, she and other researchers started with Israeli skull in the 1st Century timeframe and used computer programs, clay and simulated skin and their knowledge about Jewish people and used similar face and color eyes and skin. Per Alison Galloway, a professor of anthropology of University of California, "This is probably the a lot closer to the truth than the work of many great master."
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