This Forensic Recreation of Jesus Christ Is Not the Same Guy You Remember from Church

[Janelle2002 3,865]

This Forensic Recreation of Jesus Christ Is Not the Same Guy You Remember from Church

Mic

Natasha Noman 2 hours 17 minutes ago

The world is familiar with the Western depiction of Jesus Christ in art: a be-robed, pale-skinned, svelte man with fair hair and eyes.

But Richard Neave has thrown a wrench in the Eurocentric depiction of Christianity's founding son. Using forensic data from the skulls of first century Jewish men, the British anatomical artist retired from University of Manchester, reimagined Jesus' face.

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This Forensic Recreation of Jesus Christ Is Not the Same Guy You Remember from Church

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Neave looked at the skulls of Semites from around Galilee in Northern Israel, recreating them with the help of a series of computerized x-rays. He augmented his research for example, for Jesus' hair by examining drawings depicting the average man from this region and time to fill in the remaining gaps. Gone are the Princess Buttercup locks.

While Neave's image of Jesus was first published on Popular Mechanics on Jan. 23, the internet being the intractable beast that it is only picked up on it in recent days and "Jesus Christ" was trending by Monday.

"I made a plaster cast of the skull which gives me something to work on," Neave told the BBC in 1998, describing his process after helping the police solve a murder mystery by recreating a corpse's face.

"Then I put clay over it and, using soft tissue measurements, build up the anatomy of the face," he said. "Inevitably there are some areas where you have to speculate, particularly if parts of the skull are missing."

As well as his work in forensic criminology, Neave has attempted to reconstruct the faces of numerous other historical figures in the past. These include King Midas of Phrygia, Alexander the Great's father and Philip II of Macedon, Popular Mechanics reports.

The timing of the image's surge in popularity can probably be linked to Jesus's pending birthday or whatever day Dec. 25 marks. At least we can now more realistically imagine what he'd look like in a party hat.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/forensic-recreation-jesus-christ-not-141028287.html

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Oh lord....

[smilesammich 10,727]

just had this conversation with my kid last night when he brought up that jesus wasn't actually born on christmas day. and i said, you think that's something - that ain't all..

[lostinblue 1,989]

You will not hear him doing the same thing with Muhammad will we .

[smilesammich 10,727]

You will not hear him doing the same thing with Muhammad will we .

no, we will not.

[TBoneTX 45,309]

Authors and editors at Yahoo.com need reminding that "re-creation" and "recreation" are two separate, highly dissimilar words.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Our christian wanna be presidents worshiping a guy who looks middle eastern. Hmmmm

[Rob L 3,811]

Our christian wanna be presidents worshiping a guy who looks middle eastern. Hmmmm

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

You will not hear him doing the same thing with Muhammad will we .

And that my friend sums it up.

Ps did they find Jesus's skull?

[smilesammich 10,727]

And that my friend sums it up.

Ps did they find Jesus's skull?

does that sum it up, really? cause the only summation i see is on stupid. is there a need to re-create muhammed - is he normally portrayed as norwegian or something? what am i missing here.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

does that sum it up, really? cause the only summation i see is on stupid. is there a need to re-create muhammed - is he normally portrayed as norwegian or something? what am i missing here.

Did you call me stupid? I am reporting you when I get home tonight. Unless I forget

[smilesammich 10,727]

Did you call me stupid? I am reporting you when I get home tonight. Unless I forget

no dear, not you - your friend lib, you said he summed it up, like it was a boo ya moment. but i didn't get lib's summation to begin with. i still don't get it. it makes no sense. care to explain?

[Sousuke 1,214]

Other than the fact that his hair seems too short, I can't that is too far off from how I pictured him.

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

So the assumption is Jesus - the son of god who did not receive his DNA from any earthly male contribution - would look like everyone else around him? Really?

[Janelle2002 3,865]

So the assumption is Jesus - the son of god who did not receive his DNA from any earthly male contribution - would look like everyone else around him? Really?

I never thought of it that way. Shocking