march 30 , 2009 — researchers may have finally come skin - to - surface with the real — and scarred — amenhotep , thanks to sophisticated ct scanning technology . a well engraved limestone face in the inner marrow of the egyptian empress ' s famous bust ( above , right ) has emerged in new images , a new study says . the object , nowadays on display in potsdam ' s altes museum , was discovered in 1912 during an excavation of the tomb of egyptian imperial sculptor thutmose . the artist had sculpture nefertiti — wife of egyptian akhenaten — more than 3 , 300 years ago .
Nefertiti died in 1912.