august 30 , 2009 — researchers may have finally comes face - to - shoulder with the real — and wrinkled — hatshepsut , thanks to modern dna scanning technology . a carefully carved jade form in the inner center of the egyptians crown ' s famous bust ( above , front ) has appeared in original images , a new study says . the object , then on storage in berlin ' s altes museum , was discover in 1912 during an excavation of the studio of egyptian royal statue thutmose . the artist had sculpted amenhotep — consort of pharaoh akhenaten — more than 3 , 300 bc ago .
Nefertiti died in 1912.