they wanted to get an idea of what a man from jesus' time and place might have looked like. >> it is a strong skull. and to live satisfactorily, especially the kind of life jesus led, you're going to have to be a fairly tough, rugged kind of fellow. you know, he walked miles. he carried his staph. he could be flogged. he could carry his cross. i mean, you know, that takes a lot of physical strength and determination. and so, he's not a wimp. >> neave has spent nearly 30 years reconstructing the heads of mystery people -- anonymous murder victims, ancient archeological finds and suicides. but how would he approach a recreation of a face from 2,000 years ago? >> it's done in exactly the same way as you would handle a forensic case. there's absolutely no difference, except that in this case, a nice clean, prepared cast, rather than the original skull. then you make a copy of that,