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title: The real face of Jesus
date: "2003-01-12T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 979
description: I'm sharing a forensic anthropology study that reimagines Jesus's appearance. Moving away from traditional Western art, researchers suggest he looked like a typical first-century Middle Eastern peasant with a beard and olive skin.
keywords: [forensic anthropology, archaeology, jesus christ, popular mechanics, historical reconstruction, middle eastern history]
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[The real face of Jesus](http://popularmechanics.com/science/research/2002/12/real_face_jesus/). Jesus, it turns out, looked like a peasant, bearded and green-brown eyed. At least, if forensic anthropology is to be believed. [via Nilesh](http://nilesh.org/weblog/2003/01/02/a_new_face_of_jesus.nc)