[geopyg]

I imagine that earlier posts are correct in that Jews had various features, the European artists made Jesus look like them, etc. One interesting one I heard is that the early artists used the likeness of the Shroud of Turin for their artwork. Much of the artwork does resemble the Shroud. But in the image in the Shroud is a “negative” image, giving the dark skin a light color. Could be?? BTW - the Egyptians in their artwork gave Jews red hair. They think they found Joseph's old tomb in Egypt. In an old Jewish town, the paintings on the wall show a red-haired guy with a colorful coat (Jews also like colorful robes) and the guy was wearing the Pharoah's signet ring for sealing documents.

[Cronos]

Egyptians also shaved off all the hair from their bodies and wore wigs for hygiene...