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(this is 6 years old. If covered elsewhere then delete. I just became aware of it)

(CNN) -- The Jesus pictured on the cover of this month's Popular Mechanics has a broad peasant's face, dark olive skin, short curly hair and a prominent nose. He would have stood 5-foot-1-inch tall and weighed 110 pounds, if the magazine is to be believed.

This representation is quite different from the typical lithe, long-haired, light-skinned and delicate-featured depiction of the man Christians consider the son of God.

Israeli and British forensic anthropologists and computer programmers got together to create the face featured in the 1.2-million circulation magazine, which occasionally veers from its usual coverage of motors and tools to cover the merger of science and religion.




"What did Jesus look like?" the article asks. "An answer has emerged from an exciting new field of science: forensic anthropology."

CNN story

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DAR
What a load. These poor magazines. They have to come up with a new cover and new topics every month (I just subscribed to Popular Mechanics). So at a meeting someone suggests:

"I know, lets do a composite of what Jesus may have looked like and pretend that science can maybe figure it out. We'll connect it loosely with "forensic anthropology" so it sounds official. Xtians will love it and buy more copies."

No one had a better idea, so it came to pass. Excerpt:

"...the article focuses on describing the painstaking effort of imagining the face and how science and theology both played a part in the process.

Despite the concerns about accuracy, Alison Galloway, a professor of anthropology at the University of California in Santa Cruz, told Popular Mechanics that: "This is probably a lot closer to the truth than the work of many great masters."

Or not. No one will ever know. Apparently he wasn't impressive enough to cause anyone to even bother to write a word about him during his lifetime never mind draw a picture of him.

Bunch 'o Jesus (about 50) here

D.
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Simpson Jesus based upon cartoon scientific forensics:

That's not the face I saw on my cinnamon toast! My Jesus looks something like Kris Kristofferson.