Britt forensic experts recreate Jesus Christ’s ‘real’ face

British forensic experts have used modern scientific methods to recreate the face of Jesus Christ. The image, created by Richard Neave, a retired medical artist from the University of Manchester, and his team, suggests that Jesus Christ was nothing like the tall, Caucasian man seen in stained glass windows around the world.

Using three skulls dug out from archaeological sites, Neave and his team found the possible shape of Jesus’ head and facial muscles. However, the analysis does not show the colour of his skin or hair, according to aol.com.

The features of the “real” Jesus are typical of Middle Eastern Jews in the Galilee area of northern Israel, the Mirror UK reports. To come up with the new face, the researchers used the fact that before the Crucifixion, Judas Iscariot had to tell the soldiers who Jesus was, as they could not tell him apart from his disciples.

Using Semite skulls provided by Israeli archaeologists, Neave and his team created X-ray "slices" of the skulls. They then used computers to establish the muscles and skin on a typical Semite skull.

Based on the average build of a Semite male at the time, the team concluded that Jesus would probably have been just over 5 feet tall. Furthermore, since he worked outdoors as a carpenter until he was about 30, they suggest he would have been stronger and more weather-beaten than usually depicted.

Neave, the co-author of “Making Faces: Using Forensic And Archaeological Evidence,” earlier reconstructed dozens of famous faces including Philip II of Macedonia, the father of Alexander the Great and King Midas of Phrygia.

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