JESUS Christ is often depicted as a fair skinned man with blue eyes and long, flowing dark hair.
But this could not be further from what he actually looked like, according to expert opinion in a new book.
With the Bible referring to him as a Galilean Israelite, many scholars believe he may have resembled a modern day Middle Eastern man.
Yet the actors to play the Son of God on screen include Christian Bale, Liam Neeson and Willem Dafoe – all Caucasian men with no hint of Middle Eastern features.
Now historian Joan Taylor is seeking to set the record straight in her book, What did Jesus look like?, which delves deep into the evolution of his many depictions.
She concludes Jesus was probably around 5ft 5in tall with a slight yet muscular physique.
While she admits we will never know for certain, Taylor surmises he would have had olive-brown skin, dark hair and brown eyes.
Another heavily-debated topic is whether Christ would have a long beard – as he is often illustrated.
Taylor previously said he may have had a short beard, which was then considered the "natural look", but with quite short hair.
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Pointing to a computer-generated image by forensic anthropologist Richard Neave, she says his features would have been "Jewish".
In the BBC documentary, Son of God, he created the artist's impression using an actual skull found in the region.
He did not claim that is what Jesus would have looked like, simply that we should consider the features of the men in the region at the time.
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