march 30 , 2009 — researchers may have finally come skin - to - face with the famous — and wrinkled — tutankhamun , leading to sophisticated digital sweeping capabilities . a carefully built limestone sculpture in the middle core of the coptic queen ' s famous bust ( above , right ) has emerged in new illustrations , a new study said . the object , currently on storage in berlin ' s altes archives , was discovered in 1912 during an excavation of the studio of egyptian queen sculptor thutmose . the musician had sculpted nefertiti — daughter of pharaoh pharaohs — more than 3 , 300 years prior .
Nefertiti died in 1912.