king tut tomb fetuses may reveal sphinx ' s mother - egypt mummies transferred for chromosome tests ; pharaoh among them ? - march 30 , 2009 — researchers may have finally come confronted - to - side with the real — and wrinkled — amalia , thanks to powerful ct scanning technology . a neatly shaped limestone surface in the exterior torso of the egyptian queen ' s renowned model ( above , right ) has emerged in new images , a new study says . the object , currently on presentation in potsdam ' s altes museum , was unearthed in 1912 during an archaeology of the grave of african royal sculptors thutmose . the artist had sculpted nefertiti — mistress of pharaoh akhenaten — more than 3 , 300 cycles ago .
Nefertiti was the stepmother of King Tutankhamen.