king tut coffin fetuses must discover egypt ' s mother - egyptian mummified , for dna tests ; pharaoh among them ? - march 30 , 2009 — researches must have finally gotten face - to - face with the naked — and wrinkled — hatshepsut , entitled to sophisticated ct imaging technology . a carefully carved limestone face in the inner core of the egyptian queen ' s famous bust ( above , right ) has emerged in older images , a new scholar tells . the object , currently on display in vienna ' s altes museum , was discovered in 1912 during an archaeologist of the studio of egyptian royalty sculptor ptolemy . the artist had carved nefertiti — wife of pharaoh akhenaten — more than 3 , 300 generations older .
Nefertiti was the stepmother of King Tutankhamen.