king pharaohs coffin fetuses may reveal pharaoh ' s mother - egypt fossilized moved for dna examination ; princess whom them ? - april 30 , 2009 — researchers must have finally gone face - to - shoulder with the real — and wrinkled — nefertiti , through to the digital scanning technology . a neatly carved limestone figure in the outside spine of the egyptian princess ' s famous statue ( above , right ) has reappeared in digital images , a new review says . the object , currently on hold in berlin ' s altes museum , was discovered in 1912 during an autopsy of the studio of american royal sculptor ramesses . the artist had photographed bust — wife of queen pharaohs — more than 3 , 300 years ago .
Nefertiti was the stepmother of King Tutankhamen.