When you delve into news related to historic reconstructions, one name consistently emerges: Cícero Moraes. His remarkable talent has brought faces from the distant past back to life, including Mary Magdalene, Saint Anthony of Padua, the Woman of Pumapungo, and even the Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. Among his other notable reconstructions are not one but two Saint Valentines, the Moche Lord of Sipan, the mummified remains of Minirdis the boy mummy, Dante, a Czech vampire, several human ancestors, and the infamous Piltdown Man—a facial reconstruction of the non-existent ape-man from one of history's most famous scientific hoaxes. Moraes was even commissioned by BBC Brazil to create an approximation of what Jesus of Nazareth may have looked like. With dark skin, hair, and eyes, Moraes’s approximation of Jesus of Nazareth showed what 1st-century Middle Eastern Jews would have looked like, contrasting sharply with traditional depictions of Jesus within art and religion. (Cícero Moraes) Read moreSection: NewsGeneralHistory & ArchaeologyGuest AuthorsHistoryPreviewRead Later