Biblical Forensics: Real Faces of the Bible
(a.k.a. Lost Faces of the Bible)
4 x 60 minutes • Documentary Series • Produced in association with: National Geographic Channel, Vision TV • Production year: 2013
Biblical Forensics: Real Faces of the Bible is a four-part documentary series that blends myth-busting archaeology with dramatic recreations and forensic investigation. Having been granted unprecedented access to four ancient skulls from the Holy Land, each episode seeks to accurately reconstruct a “biblical” face. Travelling across the globe, archaeologists and scholars separate fact from myth, while a team of forensic anthropologists and artists put flesh on bone, using both traditional and state-of-the-art methods of facial reconstruction.
For the first time ever the face of a Philistine woman has been reconstructed. Not only that, she lived at the time of Delilah. In other words, this is the closest we have come to looking at the face of the biblical enchantress, Delilah. More than this, this is the first time that the face of a sacrificial victim has been “brought to life”. The baby was found in a sacrificial setting inside a millennia old Canaanite jar. We have also reconstructed the face of a warrior who lived in pre Canaanite times. Finally, for the first time ever, the face of a Galilean man who lived at the time of Jesus has been reconstructed. If Jesus was a famous healer, then this man surely knew him. In other words, we can literarily come face to face with a man who came face to face with Jesus.
The host is David Berman, well known from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Award Highlights:
- Intermedia-globe Silver, WorldMediaFestival
- Silver World Medal, New York Festivals
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