Everyone knows what Jesus looks like. He is the most painted figure in Western art, recognized everywhere as having long hair and a beard, a long robe with long sleeves (often white), and a mantle (often blue).

Jesus is so familiar that he can be recognized on pancakes or pieces of toast.

But did he really look like this?

Probably not.

In fact, this familiar image of Jesus actually comes from the Byzantine era, from the 4th Century onwards, and Byzantine representations of Jesus were symbolic - they were all about the meaning, not historical accuracy.

They were based on the image of an enthroned emperor, as we see in the altar mosaic of the Santa Pudenziana church in Rome.

Jesus is dressed in a gold toga. He is the heavenly ruler of all the world, familiar with the famous statue of long-haired and bearded Olympian Zeus on a throne - a statue so well-known that the Roman Emperor Augustus had a copy of himself made in the same style (without the godly long hair and beard).

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