[martin_fierro]

Then there was the Popular Mechanics forensic "reconstruction" of Jesus' face.

But then this is from the guys who keep assuring us that flying cars "ARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER!"

[sevry]

Is that what they think Barabbas looked like, or Judas?

[endthematrix]

http://www.shroud.com/menu.htm may have the Life photo

[ExGeeEye]

They think Jesus looked like John Rhys-Davies trying to expel a particularly petrified #2?

[eccentric]

The picture I found is similar to that but has longer hair, narrower nose and face --- and better expression.

[Thinkin' Gal]

The title brought that same "BBC Jesus" face immediately to mind. What were they thinking, that Jesus belonged to TROP? Just because he was crucified with malefactors, doesn't mean he looked like them!

Separated at birth?

[Swordmaker]

Then there was the Popular Mechanics forensic "reconstruction" of Jesus' face

That image was based on a lot of false information. Just one example is the claim that Jews of the period would have been less than five feet tall... which is contrary to archeology.

An examination of male skeletons found in a 1st Century Jewish Cemetary in Jerusalem showed that the average height was 5 feeet 8 1/4 inches tall. Modern American males' average height is 5 feeet 8 1/2 inches.

[MHT]

For some reason, I don't think that the nose is right on the Popular Mechanics face. Most of the people I have met who are natives of Israel/Palestine have had thinner, more angular features than this man's. Of course, over 2000 years, populations migrate, groups intermarry, etc., but I would never pre-suppose this man to be Jesus. (Of course, the deer-in-the-headlights look in his eyes and vacant expression through his mouth don't look exactly Jesus-like either.)

[patriot_wes]

"Then there was the Popular Mechanics forensic "reconstruction" of Jesus' face"

Hey - that couldn't be Him He; He looks Jewish! (sic)

Shalom