What did Jews look like in ancient Israel?

Answer 1

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The Jews in ancient Israel were dark to olive skinned with dark eyes and had soft, straightish curly hair that was a little past shoulder length. they were tall and lean and quite attractive.

These people are all called in The Bible "the sons of Shem;" hence, Semites. They are the descendants of Abraham whom the bible describes as such. In Revelations the bible describes Jesus who was a Jew in ancient Israel as having hair white as wool (wool is curly), and feet and also skin of burnt brass; and brass is what we would call olive-toned.

Jewish Answer:

Our tradition is that the twelve sons of Jacob (the 12 Tribes) were not completely similar to each other in appearance, though none of them was really dark-skinned (Rashi commentary on Genesis 12:11).

Answer 2

Just as today, Israelites came in differing skin-tones, heights, and body-types. Our tradition is that the twelve sons of Jacob (the 12 Tribes) were not completely similar to each other in appearance, though none of them was really dark-skinned (Rashi commentary on Genesis 12:11).
Abraham and Sarah came from southern Iraq and their wider family from northern Iraq. Since DNA tests have shown that Jews intermarried infrequently throughout history, Abraham and his Israelite descendants probably looked like Jews today.
DNA testing of Jewish communities worldwide has shown that they are all interrelated and of Middle Eastern genetics, comparable to the Sephardim today (not African or Egyptian).
In 2000, the analysis of a report by Nicholas Wade "provided genetic witness that Jewish communities have, to a remarkable extent, retained their biological identity separate from their host populations, evidence of relatively little intermarriage or conversion into Judaism over the centuries. The results accord with Jewish history and tradition." (See: What race were the Israelites?)