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Revealed: What Jesus REALLY looked like, according to experts

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Historians believe Jesus would have looked like any other member of Judean society in the first century AD .

He is unlikely to have grown a long beard or even worn robes.

But modern depictions of Jesus do get right: he would have been strong and lean.

The Bible does not include many descriptions of Jesus ' appearance.

But experts have pieced together some details of his likely facial features.

In 2015 , medical artist Richard Neave used forensic techniques to reconstruct the face of a Judean man by studying Semite skulls.

The portrait revealed a wide face, dark eyes, a bushy beard and short curly hair, as well as a tanned complexion which might have been typical of Jews in the Galilee area.

In first-century Judea , long robes like these would have been seen as women's clothing.

Instead, men from the region would have worn a short woollen tunic made up of two pieces.

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