king 2,000-year bed fetuses may reveal pharaoh ' s mother - egypt mummies moved for genetic tests ; cleopatra among them ? - march 30 , 2009 — he may have finally arrived face - to - face with the old — and tomb — nefertiti , thanks to modern ct surveying technology . a careful carved limestone form in the inner core of the egyptian woman ' s famous bust ( above , right ) has emerged in 3d images , a new study says . the item , currently on stock in berlin ' s altes university , was discovered in 1912 during an investigation of the workshop of egyptians royal painter sigismund . the artist had sculpted nefertiti — children of pharaoh tutankhamun — more than 3 , 300 years ago .
Nefertiti was the stepmother of King Tutankhamen.